Introduction: Why is Gore Vidal important today?

Laurence RAW; Saniye ÇANCI ÇALIŞANELLER

Makale detayları

Introduction: Why is Gore Vidal important today?

Yazarlar:

Laurence RAW | Saniye ÇANCI ÇALIŞANELLER

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2012 Issue 35, pp.1-2

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2012

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734492

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606

Özet:

 

One of the most distinctive characteristics of Vidal is his diversity  in his writings; his work ranged from novels to short stories, to plays and  screenplays, and to essays and reviews. This is an interesting fact in his  writing career because, as Vidal himself claimed in an interview, it is, to  a certain extent, responsible for his exclusion from the academic world.  However, this diversity in his writings should situate Vidal in an important  place in American literature / culture in that a review of his output  from  the 1940s to 2000s  might help us to look at American literary history and  politics in different ways. Rather than looking at particular movements  or techniques, we should look at him as someone who not only used the  past to comment on the present, but believed in literature as a vehicle of  political and social commentary. Surveying his work helps us to understand  how American cultures have changed over the last six decades; as well  as understanding something of Vidal’s public persona as a transmedial  personality, a media celebrity who used different media – books, television  and films – to communicate his views.

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Introduction: Why is Gore Vidal important today?

Yazarlar: Laurence RAW | Saniye ÇANCI ÇALIŞANELLER

Yayıncı: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2012 Issue 35, pp.1-2

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2012

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734492

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Yazarlar:

Laurence RAW | Saniye ÇANCI ÇALIŞANELLER

Yayıncı:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Dergi:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2012 Issue 35, pp.1-2

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2012

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734492

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

1300-6606