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Outside, America: The Temporal Turn in Contemporary American Fiction Fujii, Dr. Hikaru (Doshisha University, Japan) Nippod edition
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Outside, America: The Temporal Turn in Contemporary American Fiction
Fujii, Dr. Hikaru (Doshisha University, Japan)
The idea of the "outside" as a space of freedom has always been central in the literature of the United States. This concept still remains active in contemporary American fiction; however, its function is being significantly changed. Outside, America argues that, among contemporary American novelists, a shift of focus to the temporal dimension is taking place. No longer a spatial movement, the quest for the outside now seeks to reach the idea of time as a force of difference, a la Deleuze, by which the current subjectivity is transformed. In other words, the concept is taking a "temporal turn."
Discussing eight novelists, including Don DeLillo, Richard Powers, Paul Theroux, and Annie Proulx, each of whose works describe forces of given identities-masculine identity, historical temporality, and power, etc.-which block quests for the outside, Fujii shows how the outside in these texts ceases to be a spatial idea. With due attention to critical and social contexts, the book aims to reveal a profound shift in contemporary American fiction.
160 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 23, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781628925364 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 160 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 230 × 9 mm · 222 g |
| Language | English |
