"Not Another Word." - Metafiction and solipsism in the short fiction of David Foster Wallace

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dc.contributor.advisor	Cook, S. J.
dc.contributor.advisor	Kosters, O. R.
dc.contributor.author	Pijnappel, J.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-07T17:02:21Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-07
dc.date.available	2011-09-07T17:02:21Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/8782
dc.description.abstract	Departing from an analysis of David Foster Wallace's non-fiction essay "E Unibus Pluram" and Wittgenstein's "Tractatus," this thesis analyzes the inherently ironic effects of metafiction and the connection between metafiction and solipsism, and how this affects present-day culture and postmodern literature. David Foster Wallace's stories "Octet" and "Good Old Neon" are subsequently analyzed, in order to reveal how Wallace escapes the postmodern trap and the "tyranny of irony" he describes in "E Unibus Pluram."
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.title	"Not Another Word." - Metafiction and solipsism in the short fiction of David Foster Wallace
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.courseuu	Engelse taal en cultuur