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The catastrophe of entertainment : televisuality and post-postmodern American fiction
by Robert Earl. Stewart
| Institution: | McGill University |
|---|---|
| Department: | Department of English. |
| Degree: | MA |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Keywords: | American fiction – 20th century – History and criticism.; Television – Social aspects. |
| Posted: | |
| Record ID: | 1698690 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile30220.pdf |
Abstract
This thesis examines the effects of television and entertainment culture on American fiction. Focusing primarily on the novels of Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace, with a secondary focus on the films of American film director David Lynch, the thesis proposes that post-postmodern fiction, fiction in which the familiarizing trends of postmodern fiction are reversed, is a response to the powerful influence of television and other forms of electronic media on American culture.
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