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The Contingency of History: Pragmatism and Approaching Historical Truth in Don DeLillo’s Libra
CEA Critic Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/cea.2019.0018
James Rankin

Abstract:“Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra is a work with an unavoidable kinesis, the characters and the reader alike drawing towards the Kennedy assassination through the centrifugal forces of history. What DeLillo regards as the “seven seconds that broke the back of the American century” (181) is an event that has permeated and saturated the American cultural consciousness for the past half-century. While Libra falls into the category of speculative fiction, the conspiratorial plotting that drives the action of the novel is secondary to the historical construction and reconstruction that DeLillo undertakes. DeLillo invites us to plot with him and urges us to be swept up by the impetus of history that creates the superstructure of Libra.”

中文翻译:

历史的偶然性:唐·德里罗《天秤座》中的实用主义与历史真相

摘要:“唐·德里罗 1988 年的小说《天秤座》是一部具有不可避免的动能的作品,人物和读者都通过历史的离心力向肯尼迪遇刺身亡。DeLillo 所说的“打破美国世纪后半段的七秒”(181)是过去半个世纪里渗透和饱和美国文化意识的事件。虽然 Libra 属于推理小说的范畴,但推动小说行动的阴谋阴谋次于 DeLillo 进行的历史建构和重建。DeLillo 邀请我们与他一起策划,并敦促我们被创造天秤座上层建筑的历史推动力所席卷。”
更新日期:2019-01-01
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