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.
| ISBN | 9781441161871 |
| Autor(a) | Fujii, Hikaru |
| Editora | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Ano de edição | 2013 |
| Páginas | 160 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 23,10 X 15,50 |