A Never-Changing Map: Cartographic Experiments and a Return to the Subject in Cloud Atlas
Location
Science Center, A254
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-27-2012 4:00 PM
End Date
4-27-2012 5:00 PM
Abstract
This project utilizes cartographic discourse to explore the nuances of subject-formation in the postmodern text. With David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas (2004) as my object of inquiry, I examine temporal and spatial aspects that play into the construction of the literary subject. By examining how time, space, and subjectivities are married or fragmented across the vignette-style form of Mitchell’s novel, I strive to articulate how the literary subject can be at once whole, yet fragmented, complete yet partial, traceable yet obscured.
Recommended Citation
Nieto, Rebecca, "A Never-Changing Map: Cartographic Experiments and a Return to the Subject in Cloud Atlas" (04/27/12). Senior Symposium. 35.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2012/presentations/35
Major
English
Advisor(s)
T.S. McMillin, English
Project Mentor(s)
Anuradha Needham, English
April 2012
A Never-Changing Map: Cartographic Experiments and a Return to the Subject in Cloud Atlas
Science Center, A254
This project utilizes cartographic discourse to explore the nuances of subject-formation in the postmodern text. With David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas (2004) as my object of inquiry, I examine temporal and spatial aspects that play into the construction of the literary subject. By examining how time, space, and subjectivities are married or fragmented across the vignette-style form of Mitchell’s novel, I strive to articulate how the literary subject can be at once whole, yet fragmented, complete yet partial, traceable yet obscured.
Notes
Session III, Panel 3: Historical Frequencies of Gender, Literature, and Subjectivity
Moderator: Sandra Zagarell, Professor of English