Degree Year
2014
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
English
Advisor(s)
William Patrick Day
Keywords
White noise, Don DeLillo, Sub genre, Bahktin, Politics, Baudrillard, Play
Abstract
This paper explores the use of sub-genre in Don DeLillo's White Noise as a tool of meaning creation. The paper starts by examining previous approaches to the novel, which engaged with more explicitly political readings, and argues that these readings to not offer the contemporary reader much traction in thinking about White Noise. By providing an extensive account of how sub-genre is used in the novel's three sections, the paper concludes that White Noise can offer a notion of political perspective, in the absence of offering political prescriptions.
Repository Citation
Quam, Steven, "Meaningful Play: Exploring the Possibilities of the Novel in Don DeLillo's White Noise" (2014). Honors Papers. 305.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/305
