A Kierkegaardian Reading of David Foster Wallace

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Author: Matthew Campora ISBN: 9781310937149
Publisher: Matthew Campora Publication: September 9, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Matthew Campora
ISBN: 9781310937149
Publisher: Matthew Campora
Publication: September 9, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This work explores the fiction of David Foster Wallace through frameworks developed by nineteenth century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard to foreground the similarities in their approaches to the problem of irony, as well as in their strategies for overcoming the cynicism they believe it often produces. Kierkegaard's thesis, "The Concept of Irony: With Continual Reference to Socrates" is the focal point for the discussion of irony in this paper, where it will be argued that Wallace, like Kierkegaard, wrote inventive texts, theorized irony and its limitations, and sought ways beyond it. Wallace's fiction will be shown to offer a relentlessly sophisticated critique of contemporary American culture, yet also to offer a compassionate attempt to construct something redemptive to replace the emptiness it so deftly describes. To do this, it will consider Wallace's "Infinite Jest" and two collections of his short fiction - "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" and "Oblivion".

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This work explores the fiction of David Foster Wallace through frameworks developed by nineteenth century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard to foreground the similarities in their approaches to the problem of irony, as well as in their strategies for overcoming the cynicism they believe it often produces. Kierkegaard's thesis, "The Concept of Irony: With Continual Reference to Socrates" is the focal point for the discussion of irony in this paper, where it will be argued that Wallace, like Kierkegaard, wrote inventive texts, theorized irony and its limitations, and sought ways beyond it. Wallace's fiction will be shown to offer a relentlessly sophisticated critique of contemporary American culture, yet also to offer a compassionate attempt to construct something redemptive to replace the emptiness it so deftly describes. To do this, it will consider Wallace's "Infinite Jest" and two collections of his short fiction - "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" and "Oblivion".

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