States of exception in the contemporary novel : Martel, Eugenides, Coetzee, Sebald /
De Boever, Arne.
New York : Continuum,
c2012.
"In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a 'state of exception': an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. ... This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of various decisions represented in novels published around 9/11"--Publisher description.
"In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a 'state of exception': an emergency situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. ... This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of various decisions represented in novels published around 9/11"--Publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Decision time -- States of exception in Yann Martel's Life of Pi -- Autobiography and human rights in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex -- Literary economies in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace -- Architectures of exception in W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz -- From exception to care.
Martel, Yann.
Eugenides, Jeffrey.
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001.
Fiction
Decision making in literature.
Crisis in literature.
Aesthetics in literature.