Writing aginst the grain : the (re)presentation of historical reality in don delillo's libra (1988)
Other Title(s)
الكتابة عكس التيار : إعادة عرض الحقيقة التاريخية في رواية الميزان (1988) ل دون دليلو
Author
Source
Journal of Arabic Language Sciences and Literature
Issue
Vol. 13, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2021), pp.2919-2932, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Shaheed Hama al-Akhdar in Wadi Faculty of Arts and Languages
Publication Date
2021-06-30
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Don DeLillo's Libra (1988), as a postmodernist historical novel, can be read as a subversive text that problematizes the boundary between historical reality and fiction.
In fact, in Libra DeLillo, writing against the grain, seeks to question the truth-value of historical (re)presentation by imitating the traditional historical novel and corresponding to what Linda Hutcheon calls historiographic metafiction.
As a historiographic metafiction, Libra does not only emphasize the indeterminacy of the meaning, but also it reflects that language is no longer the obedient servant of (re)presenting (writing/narrating) History.
Therefore, this paper aspires to prove that Libra as a historiographic metafiction work challenges the capacity of history to represent reality outside the text and defy the truth-value of historical knowledge suggesting the possibility of plurality of truths instead of one truth.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sufli, Hasibah. 2021. Writing aginst the grain : the (re)presentation of historical reality in don delillo's libra (1988). Journal of Arabic Language Sciences and Literature،Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.2919-2932.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1085907
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sufli, Hasibah. Writing aginst the grain : the (re)presentation of historical reality in don delillo's libra (1988). Journal of Arabic Language Sciences and Literature Vol. 13, no. 1 (2021), pp.2919-2932.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1085907
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sufli, Hasibah. Writing aginst the grain : the (re)presentation of historical reality in don delillo's libra (1988). Journal of Arabic Language Sciences and Literature. 2021. Vol. 13, no. 1, pp.2919-2932.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1085907
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 2932
Record ID
BIM-1085907