This thesis addresses the relationship between American literature and terrorism in works written during the last two decades of the Twentieth Century. Don DeLillo and Tom Robbins have each written novels that explore the relationship between writers and terrorists and address the consequences of an exchange of power between novelists and terrorists. William S. Burroughs adopts terrorism's methods in order to attack and redefine the conventions of the novel. Following the September 11 terror attacks, several writers responded with texts that strive in one way or another to contextualize the attacks in a way that is culturally relevant. Essentially, this thesis demonstrates that literature's relationship to terrorism is more complicated than generally acknowledged. There is far more involved than novelists telling simple stories about terrorist organizations and describing their nefarious actions. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of English in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Summer Semester, 2008. / March 21, 2008. / Metanarrative, Power, Theatricality, Terrorist, John Updike, Amiri Baraka, September 11, Cut-up, Tom Robbins, Don DeLillo, William S. Burroughs, Literary Terrorism / Includes bibliographical references. / Barry Faulk, Professor Directing Thesis; Andrew Epstein, Committee Member; Amit Rai, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_176009 |
| Contributors | Suver, Stacey A. (authoraut), Faulk, Barry (professor directing thesis), Epstein, Andrew (committee member), Rai, Amit (committee member), Department of English (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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