Existentialist engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer : a philosophical analysis of contemporary American literature

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Existentialist engagement in Wallace, Eggers and Foer : a philosophical analysis of contemporary American literature

Title remainder

a philosophical analysis of contemporary American literature

Statement of responsibility

Allard den Dulk

Creator

• Dulk, Allard den, 1978-

Author

• Dulk, Allard den, 1978-

Subject

• American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Eggers, Dave
• Eggers, Dave -- Criticism and interpretation
• Electronic books
• Existentialism in literature
• Existentialism in literature
• Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-
• Irony in literature
• Irony in literature
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
• 2000-2099
• Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
• Literary studies: from c 1900
• Literature -- Philosophy
• Literature -- Philosophy
• Postmodernism (Literature)
• Postmodernism (Literature) -- United States
• United States
• Wallace, David Foster
• Wallace, David Foster -- Criticism and interpretation
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory
• American fiction

Genre

• Electronic books
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "The novels of David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Safran Foer are increasingly regarded as representing a new trend, an 'aesthetic sea change' in contemporary American fiction. 'Post-postmodernism' and 'New Sincerity' are just two of the labels that have been attached to this trend. But what do these labels mean? What characterizes and connects these novels? Dulk shows that the connection between these works lies in their shared philosophical dimension. On the one hand, they portray excessive self-reflection and endless irony as the two main problems of contemporary Western life. On the other hand, the novels embody an attempt to overcome these problems: sincerity, reality-commitment and community are portrayed as the virtues needed to achieve a meaningful life. This shared philosophical dimension is analyzed by viewing the novels in light of the existentialist philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Albert Camus"--
• "A philosophical analysis of existentialist themes in the fiction of Wallace, Eggers and Foer"--

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• Provided by publisher
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Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

813.009/384

Index

index present

LC call number

PS374.E9

LC item number

D85 2014eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography