“Modern Death” in Don DeLillo: a parody of life?

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Helvacioglu, B.
Date
2015-06
Source Title
Mosaic (Winnipeg, 1967): a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature
Print ISSN
0027-1276
Electronic ISSN
1925-5683
Publisher
University of Manitoba
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
179 - 196
Language
English
Type
Article
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Abstract
This essay aims to carve out an uncharted space to critically reflect on death in our times. It problematizes the existentially absurd and paradoxical nature of death by focusing on Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous Socratic questioning and the undecided relationship Don DeLillo’s characters have with the actuality of their own deaths.
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https://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2015.0018
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