Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

William S. HANEYII

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Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

Authors:

William S. HANEYII

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/1997

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735305

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606

Abstract:

 

Since the memory of past experience contributes to our self-identity, the self is  often thought to be an historical construct. And perhaps the most obvious aspect of  history is that it is always repeating itself. In “Theses on the Philosophy of  History,” Walter Benjamin asserts that when one “grasps the constellation which  his own era has formed with a definite earlier one,” one “establishes a conception  of the present as ‘the time of the now’ which is shot through with chips of  Messianic time”  263 . As the eternal present, this time of the now is a form of no  time, which implies that even as an historical construct the self has a timeless  dimension. Similarly, in “Tales of the Electronic Tribe,” Frank Lentricchia suggests  that in America, postmodernism was not invented in the 20th century but came  over in the 17th century with the European pilgrims on the Mayflower.

Article Details

Culture, History and Consciousness in DeLillo’s White Noise: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace

Authors: William S. HANEYII

Publisher: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/1997

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000735305

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Authors:

William S. HANEYII

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 1997 Issue 6, pp.11-24

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/1997

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000735305

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606