Abstract
In my paper I propose to read so-called ‘post-ironic’ texts by authors associated with the Blank Generation and Generation X (including Bret Easton Ellis and Douglas Coupland, as well as less well-known authors such as K.S. Haddock) and examine their use of the desert as a trope for identity testing and summation. Perhaps surprisingly, one finds in novels such as Ellis’ Less Than Zero (1984) and Coupland’s Generation X (1991) a reliance on desert locations to provide an alternative to the numerous non-places (in Marc Augé’s sense of the term) that otherwise make up the setting of these works.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Publikationsdato | jul. 2016 |
Antal sider | 10 |
Status | Udgivet - jul. 2016 |
Begivenhed | 33rd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Frankrig Varighed: 29 jun. 2016 → 4 jul. 2016 Konferencens nummer: 33rd annual http://conf.psyartjournal.com/2016/ |
Konference
Konference | 33rd International Conference on Psychology and the Arts |
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Nummer | 33rd annual |
Lokation | Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne |
Land/Område | Frankrig |
By | Reims |
Periode | 29/06/2016 → 04/07/2016 |
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