Mosaic of Juxtaposition

William S. Burroughs’ Narrative Revolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-420-3848-6
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

Reihe: Postmodern Studies

William S. Burroughs’ experimental narratives, from the 1959 publication of Naked Lunch through the late trilogy of the 1980s, have provided readers with intriguing challenges and, for some, disheartening frustrations. Yet, these novels continue to generate new interest and inspire new insights among an increasing and evolving readership. This book addresses the unique characteristics of Burroughs’ narrative style in order to discover strategies for engaging and navigating these demanding novels. Bolton advises, “Burroughs’ subversive themes and randomizing techniques do not amount to unmitigated attacks on conventions, as many critics suggest, but constitute part of a careful strategy for effecting transformations in his readers”. Utilizing various poststructuralist theories, as well as recent theories in electronic literature and posthumanism, Mosaic of Juxtaposition examines the various strategies that Burroughs employs to challenge assumptions about textual interpretation and to redefine the relationship between reader and text.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
I. On the Association Line: A Narrative Revolution
II. Word Virus, Pharmakon, and Burroughs’ Method
III. Get Off the Point: Deconstructing Context
IV. The Mark Inside: Decentralizing the Narrative Subjectivity
V. Cross the Wounded Galaxies: Implications and Influences of Burroughs’ Narrative Experiments
Conclusion: A Singularity
Select Bibliography
Index