돈 들릴로의 쇼핑몰, 우리 시대의 신전: 『화이트 노이즈』에 나타난 소비자본주의 비판
Shopping Mall in White Noise, or the Temple of the Sacred Capital?
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This paper explores the depth and width of Don DeLillo's critique of the negative but consoling power of capitalism in contemporary American life. Particularly focusing on his portrayal in White Noise of shopping malls and other commercial spheres as sacred places where the symbolic God of Capital resides, this paper argues that DeLillo's critique of contemporary American capitalism should be read from the context of Melville's "Bartleby" and Marx's Capital, though DeLillo's critique in White Noise is expressed in a much more concrete form than those of Melville and Marx. DeLillo's White Noise is a critical portrayal of the world in which the traditional God is replaced by Capital and the ATM machines. Another issue this paper tries to argue is that, though many DeLillo critics in America have focused more on the power of the media images and the mass media, we need to turn the focus toward the power of shopping malls and supermarkets represented in White Noise, if we want to understand DeLillo's narrative desire from a better vantage point. While shopping malls can be read as temples of the God of Capital, the commercial triads such as "MasterCard, Visa, American Express" repeated in DeLillo's critical discoursive universe can be understood as critical mimicry or parody of the traditional idea of Trinity.
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This paper explores the depth and width of Don DeLillo's critique of the negative but consoling power of capitalism in contemporary American life. Particularly focusing on his portrayal in White Noise of shopping malls and other commercial spheres as sacred places where the symbolic God of Capital resides, this paper argues that DeLillo's critique of contemporary American capitalism should be read from the context of Melville's "Bartleby" and Marx's Capital, though DeLillo's critique in White Noise is expressed in a much more concrete form than those of Melville and Marx. DeLillo's White Noise is a critical portrayal of the world in which the traditional God is replaced by Capital and the ATM machines. Another issue this paper tries to argue is that, though many DeLillo critics in America have focused more on the power of the media images and the mass media, we need to turn the focus toward the power of shopping malls and supermarkets represented in White Noise, if we want to understand DeLillo's narrative desire from a better vantage point. While shopping malls can be read as temples of the God of Capital, the commercial triads such as "MasterCard, Visa, American Express" repeated in DeLillo's critical discoursive universe can be understood as critical mimicry or parody of the traditional idea of Trinity.
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