The Human Slivers of a Civilization”
Language Events in Don DeLillo’s The Silence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8862821 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jiena Sun (0000-0002-6379-0105, Wuhan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 961-982 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-838X • E-ISSN: 1744-4217 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0013838x.2022.2108650 |
| OpenAlex | W4290761167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Through a series of language events—Max’s made-up broadcast, Martin’s trancelike talks, and the concluding soliloquies—and authorial experimentations with alternate uses of language, in The Silence Don DeLillo investigates the limitations and redemptive potential of language accentuated by an unspecified apocalyptic shutdown. By juggling his complicated feelings toward language, he seeks to alert his characters, along with his readers, to the destructive consequences of escapism fuelled notably by media and technology, and to celebrate individual consciousness in an increasingly endangered world
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Civilization · Consciousness · Epistemology · Escapism · Feeling · Linguistics · Literature · Silence · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Themes in Literature Analysis · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |