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Writing Resistance: Agency And Politics In The Postmodern And Contemporary Novel, Bradley Michael Poling Mar 2016

Writing Resistance: Agency And Politics In The Postmodern And Contemporary Novel, Bradley Michael Poling

Theses and Dissertations

This project seeks to substantiate a key ambivalence at the heart of contemporary literature: what does it mean to "return" to politics? Critics of contemporary literature have outlined the new literary aesthetic, using social and political engagement as a key component in distinguishing the contemporary novel from its postmodern predecessor. This project, in response to this claim, will examine both the discursive and representation politics of two landmark postmodern novels, Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow and Don DeLillo's Libra, while examining Jennifer Eganâ??s A Visit from the Goon Squad as a descendent of this literary lineage. This project argues that the …


The Mother Daughter Bond And History In Wide Sargasso Sea, Valarie L. Phelps Feb 2011

The Mother Daughter Bond And History In Wide Sargasso Sea, Valarie L. Phelps

Student Literary Analyses

No abstract provided.


Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles Jan 2006

Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles

Tim Engles

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Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles Jan 2006

Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles Jan 2006

Connecting White Noise To Critical Whiteness Studies, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.