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- W806347002 abstract "This thesis charts the postmodern fin de siecle in North American fiction, throughclose scrutiny of David Foster Wallace’s writing, and his engagement withtwentieth-century literary development. Through examination of the ‘blankgeneration’ fictions of Douglas Coupland, Bret Easton Ellis and Jay McInerney,and establishing the lineage of Wallace’s own influences, such as John Barth andDon DeLillo, this thesis demonstrates that Wallace’s writing is distinct from that ofhis contemporaries and explores his ambition to move American literature beyondits reliance on established tropes of postmodern expression.In his fiction, Wallace depicts a world where postmodernism has becomethe default, mainstream mode of expression. Focusing on Wallace’s novels, TheBroom of the System (1987) and Infinite Jest (1996), this thesis interrogates hisdepictions of passivity and addiction through his creative rendering ofcontemporary consumer culture, going on to evaluate his attempts to develop anew moralism through pragmatic application of philosophical systems of thought.There is particular focus on how his ideas of morality parallel many of IrisMurdoch’s writings on the ethics of attention.This is one of the first theses to make use of the Wallace collection at theHarry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, and through archival research and closereadings it builds on existing critical material in order to position Wallace’s work inthe wider American canon, considering its conceptual links to past literary works.Through a critical engagement with Wallace’s work, this thesis reassesses theprogression of late-twentieth century American literature and also identifies aFoster: 03943028iisystematic attempt to initiate a new direction in novel-writing which defiestraditional categorisations and more aptly describes the American millennialexperience." @default.
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- W806347002 title "The gathering of a force : David Foster Wallace's millennial fictions and the literature of replenishment" @default.
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