Izgubljena v metafikciji

John Barth in David Foster Wallace

Katarina Kogej (Author), Tomo Virk (Mentor)

Abstract

Diplomska naloga preučuje značilnosti ameriške metafikcije na primeru del dveh ameriških avtorjev različnih generacij, Johna Bartha in Davida Fosterja Wallaca. V prvem delu naloga pokaže, zakaj ameriška metafikcija spada v postmodernizem, ter kako se njene značilnosti kažejo v kratki zgodbi Johna Bartha Lost in the Funhouse. V drugem delu se naloga osredotoča na zgodbo Davida Fosterja Wallaca, Westwards the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, ki Barthovo zgodbo eksplicitno parodira. Naloga skuša presoditi, ali gre tudi v tem primeru za ameriško metafikcijo in ali se v primerjavi med uporabo metafikcijskih postopkov pri Barthu in Wallacu pri slednjem že pojavljajo razlike, ki bi zgodbo lahko izvzele iz konteksta postmodernizma.

Keywords

ameriška književnost;kratka proza;postmodernizem;metafikcija;diplomsko delo;Barth;John;1930-;Wallace;David Foster;1962-2008;

Data

Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2016
Typology:	2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
Organization:	UL FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[K. Kogej]
UDC:	821.111(73).09-32
COBISS:	61938530
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary abstract:	This diploma thesis studies the characteristics of American metafiction on the examples of two short stories by two American authors from different generations, one by John Barth and the other by David Foster Wallace. In the first part, thesis shows why American metafiction belongs in the context of postmodernism, and observes its key characteristics in Barth's short story Lost in the Funhouse. In the second part, thesis focuses on David Foster Wallace's story, Westwards the Course of Empire Takes Its Way, which is an explicit parody of Lost in the Funhouse. The final part tries to establish whether Westwards the Course of Empire Takes its Way is also an example of American metafiction or whether its use of metafictional devices is so different from Barth's that it should be taken out of the context of postmodernism.
Type (COBISS):	Bachelor thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Ljubljani, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za primerjalno književnost in literarno teorijo
Pages:	28 f.
ID:	10976204