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The conflation of terrorism and literature : 9-11 and the aesthetics of horror and terror
Other Title(s)
الدمج بين الإرهاب و الأدب : أحداث 11 سبتمبر و جماليات الرعب و الإرهاب
Author
Source
Annales des Lettres et des Langues
Issue
Vol. 5, Issue 11 (31 May. 2018), pp.32-47, 16 p.
Publisher
Université Mohamed Boudiaf-M'sila Faculté des Letters et des Langues
Publication Date
2018-05-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Our era seems to have indeed become marred by the sweep of diseased ideological politics, widespread violent acts and the outbreak of the plague of terrorism.
As a result, terrorism established a stronghold on the minds of artists, authors and intellectuals.
In fact, many of those who write about terrorism, art and literature address a perceived link between them in the realm of aesthetics.
Critics see modern terrorism as not just a political phenomenon but also as an act that incorporates aspects of media, aesthetics, performance art, and symbolism.
Though criticizing the similarities between literature and terror is not new, it has become particularly exaggerated since the events of the 9/11.
The terrorist attacks on the American soil, which are considered as the most important event in the new millennium, have led to resume the old disputes concerning the conflation of terrorism and art.
Therefore, this paper shall look at the mode in which literature responds to the narrative challenges of portraying violence and atrocities after the 9/11.
This paper will thus examine the aesthetic and structural similarities between terrorism and literature that are highlighted in recent readings of terrorism to clarify the challenging role of novelists writing terror and to explain the problematic state in critics’ eyes in which artists find themselves vis-à-vis terrorism.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sanusi, Muhammad. 2018. The conflation of terrorism and literature : 9-11 and the aesthetics of horror and terror. Annales des Lettres et des Langues،Vol. 5, no. 11, pp.32-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-929227
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sanusi, Muhammad. The conflation of terrorism and literature : 9-11 and the aesthetics of horror and terror. Annales des Lettres et des Langues Vol. 5, no. 11 (May. 2018), pp.32-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-929227
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sanusi, Muhammad. The conflation of terrorism and literature : 9-11 and the aesthetics of horror and terror. Annales des Lettres et des Langues. 2018. Vol. 5, no. 11, pp.32-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-929227
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-929227