The Resource Vietnam and beyond : Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling, Stefania Ciocia
Vietnam and beyond : Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling, Stefania Ciocia
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- Summary
- "Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O'Brien and the Power of Storytelling is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O'Brien's development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O'Brien's work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O'Brien's recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer's revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the association between courage, heroism and masculinity, the celebration of the pioneering spirit in the frontier narrative, the sense of superiority in the encounter with foreign civilizations, the fraught relationship between power and truth, or reality and imagination, and the attempt and the right to speak about unspeakable events. All these themes, as Ciocia illustrates, highlight O'Brien's compelling preoccupation with the role and the ethical responsibility of the storyteller. With his clear privileging of 'story-truth' over 'happening-truth', O'Brien makes a bold, serious investment in the power of fiction, as testified by his formal experimentations, metanarrative reflections and sustained meditations on matters such as individual agency, moral accountability and authenticity. Approached from this fresh perspective, O'Brien emerges as a figure deserving to find a wider audience and demanding renewed scholarly attention for his remarkable achievements as a contemporary mythographer, an acute observer of the human condition and a sharp critic of American culture."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages)
- Contents
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- 5.
- Power of storytelling
- 1.
- Vietnam and beyond
- 2.
- Courage of authenticity
- 3.
- Remapping the national landscape
- 4.
- Trauma, gender and the poetics of uncertainty
- Isbn
- 9781846317767
- Label
- Vietnam and beyond : Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling
- Title
- Vietnam and beyond
- Title remainder
- Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling
- Statement of responsibility
- Stefania Ciocia
- Title variation
- Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O'Brien and the Power of Storytelling is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O'Brien's development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O'Brien's work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O'Brien's recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer's revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the association between courage, heroism and masculinity, the celebration of the pioneering spirit in the frontier narrative, the sense of superiority in the encounter with foreign civilizations, the fraught relationship between power and truth, or reality and imagination, and the attempt and the right to speak about unspeakable events. All these themes, as Ciocia illustrates, highlight O'Brien's compelling preoccupation with the role and the ethical responsibility of the storyteller. With his clear privileging of 'story-truth' over 'happening-truth', O'Brien makes a bold, serious investment in the power of fiction, as testified by his formal experimentations, metanarrative reflections and sustained meditations on matters such as individual agency, moral accountability and authenticity. Approached from this fresh perspective, O'Brien emerges as a figure deserving to find a wider audience and demanding renewed scholarly attention for his remarkable achievements as a contemporary mythographer, an acute observer of the human condition and a sharp critic of American culture."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ciocia, Stefania
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- O'Brien, Tim
- O'Brien, Tim
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- LITERARY CRITICISM
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- Vietnam and beyond : Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling, Stefania Ciocia
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Power of storytelling
- 1.
- Vietnam and beyond
- 2.
- Courage of authenticity
- 3.
- Remapping the national landscape
- 4.
- Trauma, gender and the poetics of uncertainty
- Control code
- ocn797823933
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781846317767
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt5p57p3
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)797823933
- Label
- Vietnam and beyond : Tim O'Brien and the power of storytelling, Stefania Ciocia
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Power of storytelling
- 1.
- Vietnam and beyond
- 2.
- Courage of authenticity
- 3.
- Remapping the national landscape
- 4.
- Trauma, gender and the poetics of uncertainty
- Control code
- ocn797823933
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781846317767
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt5p57p3
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)797823933
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