Violence and dystopia: mimesis and sacrifice in contemporary western dystopian narratives
Violence and Dystopia is a critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating and sacrifice in selected contemporary Western dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard's mimetic theory. The first chapter offers an overview of the history of Western utopia/dystopia with a special e...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Cojocaru, Daniel, 1980-, Violence and dystopia : mimesis and sacrifice in contemporary western dystopian narratives] (2015) (Bartlett, Andrew, 1977 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Great Britain
/ English language
/ Anti-Utopian (Literature)
/ Literature
/ Violence (Motif)
/ History 1973-2007
B Mimesis B Victim (Religion) |
| Further subjects: | B
Science Fiction
History and criticism
B Mimesis in literature B Thesis B BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Literary B Criticism, interpretation, etc B Sacrifice in literature B Science Fiction |
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| Summary: | Violence and Dystopia is a critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating and sacrifice in selected contemporary Western dystopian narratives through the lens of René Girard's mimetic theory. The first chapter offers an overview of the history of Western utopia/dystopia with a special emphasis on the problem of conflictive mimesis and scapegoating violence, and a critical introduction to Girard's theory. The second chapter is devoted to J.G. Ballard's seminal novel Crash (1973), Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club (1996) and Rant (2007), and Brad Anderson's film The Machinist (2004). It is ar |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-8352-2 978-1-4438-8352-8 |
