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Don Delillo's White Noise: a Place- Based Ecological Study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The concept of place has become a basic concern in almost all works that handle an ecological issue. The purpose of this paper is to examine Don Delillo's White Noise from a place-based perspective. The study is a critical analysis of the major places of the novel. It proves that in this post- modern society the stereotypes of home as a safe, comfortable place and the supermarket as a place for purchasing some daily needs are converted. The novel depicts the family of Jack Gladney, a college professor, who live in a modern town, Blacksmith. However, a great part of the novel traces an accident of a train loaded with tanks of a poisonous gas causing a black poisonous cloud. This dangerous cloud sharply affects the behavior of people so that they become obsessed with the fear of death. Among the major places chosen for study are: the house, the state of being placeless, the camp, the school, the insane asylum, the place of medical examination, a hotel room, and the supermarket.

DOI

10.21608/jfafu.2021.110799.1669

Keywords

eco-criticism, eco-justice, ecocide, Sense of Place, Don Delillo

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منال أنور فتحي أحمد

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بعيزق

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جامعة الفيوم - کلية الآداب قسم اللغة الإنجليزية

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maf01@fayoum.edu.eg

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Don Delillo's White Noise: a Place- Based Ecological Study

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12

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العدد 1 (اللغويات)

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19545

Issue Date

2020-01-01

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2021-12-13

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2020-01-01

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1,393

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1,427

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2357-0709

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2735-3281

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970

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مجلة کلية الآداب جامعة الفيوم

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Don Delillo's White Noise: a Place- Based Ecological Study

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22 Jan 2023