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Violence and dystopia : mimesis and sacrifice in contemporary western dystopian narratives / by Daniel Cojocaru.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Copyright date: �20Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443883528
  • 1443883522
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 809.38762 23
LOC classification:
  • PN56.D94 C65 2015
Online resources: Summary: Violence and Dystopia is a critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating and sacrifice in selected contemporary Western dystopian narratives through the lens of Ren�e 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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Violence and Dystopia is a critical examination of imitative desire, scapegoating and sacrifice in selected contemporary Western dystopian narratives through the lens of Ren�e 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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