Cojocaru, Daniel,  1980- <br/><br/>
Violence and dystopia :  mimesis and sacrifice in contemporary western dystopian narratives / 
by Daniel Cojocaru. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443883528 1443883522 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>9781443883528  Cambridge Scholars Publishing 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB8B4536  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>018587650  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science fiction--History and criticism.<br/>Mimesis in literature.<br/>Sacrifice in literature.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.<br/>Mimesis in literature.<br/>Sacrifice in literature.<br/>Science fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN56.D94  / C65 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>809.38762