Satirical Frame of Mind
Ken Kalfus’s A Disorder Peculiar to the Country and the Literary Engagement with 9/11
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherina Dodou (0000-0001-7415-4676, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.12067 |
| OpenAlex | W2740465138 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Prompted by debates on the role of comedy in the USA after 9/11, the essay explores the use of satire as one important narrative strategy that emerged in the subgenre of the American 9/11 novel. Criticism of 9/11 fiction tends to regard literary satire as a device used to counter governing descriptions of twenty-first century terrorism. By way of Ken Kalfus’s A Disorder Peculiar to the Country (2006), I show how literary satire on 9/11 is neither straightforward nor merely a means of political attack. Drawing on recent satire theory that views the satirical mode as unruly, various, and open-ended, I suggest that a closer look to the mixed intentions of this novel presents an opportunity to explore the dynamic between denunciation and comic relief in literary satire on 9/11 and opens the way for a more complex understanding of the operation and affordances of literary 9/11 satire
Aesthetics · Affordance · Art · Comedy · Comics · Criticism · Denunciation · Literary criticism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |