NIHILISM, SELF-TRANSCENDENCE AND ABJECTION IN J.G. BALLARD’S CRASH
This essay focuses on the explanation of some of the aspects of plot and characterisation in J.G. Ballard’s novel Crash (1973) by drawing analogies with its postmodern cultural background. The fundamental idea is the characters’ wish to transcend both the reductive nihilism of a society whose value...
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Universidad de Almeria
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Odisea |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/2261 |