Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Chapter 20 Technology
- Chapter 21 The Environment
- Chapter 22 Materiality
- Chapter 23 Death
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Chapter 21 - The Environment
Postmodern Ecology in Don DeLillo’s Fiction
from Part V - Material Contexts
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Book contents
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Don DeLillo In Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Context, Content, Conflict
- Part I Places
- Part II History and Politics
- Part III Media and Pop Culture
- Part IV Literary Contexts
- Part V Material Contexts
- Chapter 20 Technology
- Chapter 21 The Environment
- Chapter 22 Materiality
- Chapter 23 Death
- Part VI Social and Cultural Constructions
- Part VII Writing and Writers
- Further Reading
- Index
- References
Summary
“Postmodern Ecology in Don DeLillo’s Fiction” offers an ecocritical reading of DeLillo’s fiction through the lens of pastoralism, nature studies and apocalypse. Drawing from earlier discussion of ecology in DeLillo’s novel as well as from discussions of ecocrtiticism and place-based studies, this chapter focuses on several of DeLillo’s seminal works, White Noise, Underworld and Zero-K, along with his early short story “Creation” to demonstrate the presentation and evolution of environmental themes and messages throughout his oeuvre. By first looking at DeLillo’s inclusion and inversion of the tradition of pastoral in fiction and then moving towards a consideration of the trope of apocalypse, the chapter aims to prove how DeLillo makes an argument for place-based consciousness and environmental awareness and responsibility throughout his fiction.
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- Don DeLillo In Context , pp. 196 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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