Falling Man: A literatura em busca de possíveis significados para um espaço vazio
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2012-07-01
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Fernandes, Gisele Manganelli [UNESP]
Oliveira Mariano, Marcia Correa de [UNESP]
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Univ Estadual Paulista-unesp
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September 11 has originated a wide range of artistic manifestations which have not only searched for plausible explanations for the tragedy, but also tried to review the events. In this sense, this paper aims at showing how a novel reevaluates this episode. The attacks made the United States experience a strong sense of vulnerability triggering reactions from the American government, whose quick action was translated into a new national security strategy associated with the war on terror. This paper analyzes the narrative strategies employed by the American author Don DeLillo in his novel Falling Man (2007) in order to reevaluate that tragedy. The debate of the topics is based on texts concerning the relationship between literature and history, postmodern fiction and issues on terrorism. This study contributes to enrich the discussion related to the events that led to the catastrophe and its aftermath, examining characters and groups linked to the September 11 terrorist attacks, revealing multiple truths subjected to social, ideological and historical conditions.
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Postmodernism, Terrorism, Literature and History, September 11, Don DeLillo
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Revista De Letras. Araraquara: Univ Estadual Paulista-unesp, v. 52, n. 2, p. 9-32, 2012.