Pandemic as Pretext: The Implications of Global Cataclysms in Don DeLillo’s The Silence and Slavoj Žižek’s Writings on Covid-19
The article focuses on Don DeLillo’s latest novel, The Silence, which is analyzed and interpreted in light of Slavoj Žižek’s writings collected in Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World and Pandemic!2: Chronicles of a Time Lost. While all three works were published in 2020, only the last two deal expl...
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| Main Author: | Alicja Piechucka |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2024-06-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/22265 |
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