АУТОР(И): Nataša V. Ninčetović
Е-АДРЕСА: natasa.nincetovic@pr.ac.rs
DOI: 10.46793/Uzdanica20.1.043N
САЖЕТАК:
The Body Artist (2001) is arguably DeLillo’s most unusual novel. The starting point of this research is that this novel deals with the concepts which shape the life of contem- porary man: time, death, and identity. Faced with a severe trauma caused by the death of her husband, the protagonist Lauren Hartke rejects the conventional way of mourning. She responds to the great tragedy that occurred to her with self-isolation and silence. In a secluded house Lauren attempts to stop time and reconsiders her beliefs and assumptions. Testing basic attitudes is enabled by an extraordinary character, Mr. Tuttle. He inspires Lauren to view time, identity, body, and language in a completely new light, which leads her to spiritual transcendence. Truth and spiritual transcendence are possible in DeLillo’s oeuvre and they are usually linked to art and moments of connectedness.
КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ:
DeLillo, The Body Artist, time, death, identity, language, body, art, resistance
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