Theophilus Savvas
Biographic Data
| ID | 1484045 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theophilus Savvas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theophilus |
| FAMILY NAME | Savvas |
| SIGNATURE | SAVVAS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8132-8272 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Vegetarianism in the Anthropocene
This article uses the representation of vegetarianism in Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker (2006) and Jonathan Franzen’s Purity (2015) as a way to think about broader issues of ecological engagement. It argues that these issues are related to the ways in which each writer approaches questions of subjectivity and form after postmodernism. It concludes that the posthumanist dimension of Powers’ novel, achieved through formal experimentation, is a more…
American fiction after postmodernism
[no abstract]
Stereotypes and Trauma
This article examines the representation of Germany in John Hawkes’s The Cannibal (1949) and Walter Abish’s How German Is It (1979). The two texts are brought together because the fictional versions of Germany they represent are constructed via a calculated employment of stereotyped images of the country. Here, I reconsider this use of stereotype, and discuss the relationship of the two novels with the traumatic events that constitute the backgro…
Don DeLillo's world inside the world
In this article I suggest that Don DeLillo's 1988 novel about the assassination of J.F.K., Libra , may be read as an example of what the author, elsewhere in his corpus, labels latent history. Exploring this concept provides a framework for analysing both the metatextual dynamics of the novel, how it is situated in the discourse surrounding the event, and also of course the internal thematics of the novel, in particular its sleight of hand with r…
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Don DeLillo's world inside the world
In this article I suggest that Don DeLillo's 1988 novel about the assassination of J.F.K., Libra , may be read as an example of what the author, elsewhere in his corpus, labels latent history. Exploring this concept provides a framework for analysing both the metatextual dynamics of the novel, how it is situated in the discourse surrounding the event, and also of course the internal thematics of the novel, in particular its sleight of hand with r…
Stereotypes and Trauma
This article examines the representation of Germany in John Hawkes’s The Cannibal (1949) and Walter Abish’s How German Is It (1979). The two texts are brought together because the fictional versions of Germany they represent are constructed via a calculated employment of stereotyped images of the country. Here, I reconsider this use of stereotype, and discuss the relationship of the two novels with the traumatic events that constitute the backgro…
Vegetarianism in the Anthropocene
This article uses the representation of vegetarianism in Richard Powers’ The Echo Maker (2006) and Jonathan Franzen’s Purity (2015) as a way to think about broader issues of ecological engagement. It argues that these issues are related to the ways in which each writer approaches questions of subjectivity and form after postmodernism. It concludes that the posthumanist dimension of Powers’ novel, achieved through formal experimentation, is a more…
American fiction after postmodernism
[no abstract]
Art (3 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)