Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

William S. HANEYII

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Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

Yazarlar:

William S. HANEYII

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/1997

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735305

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İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

Özet:

 

Since the memory of past experience contributes to our self-identity, the self is  often thought to be an historical construct. And perhaps the most obvious aspect of  history is that it is always repeating itself. In “Theses on the Philosophy of  History,” Walter Benjamin asserts that when one “grasps the constellation which  his own era has formed with a definite earlier one,” one “establishes a conception  of the present as ‘the time of the now’ which is shot through with chips of  Messianic time”  263 . As the eternal present, this time of the now is a form of no  time, which implies that even as an historical construct the self has a timeless  dimension. Similarly, in “Tales of the Electronic Tribe,” Frank Lentricchia suggests  that in America, postmodernism was not invented in the 20th century but came  over in the 17th century with the European pilgrims on the Mayflower.

Makale detayları

Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

Yazarlar: William S. HANEYII

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/1997

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000735305

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

Sayı

Yazarlar:

William S. HANEYII

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/1997

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735305

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606