000 01655cam a2200217 4500500
005 20250112053720.0
041 _afre
042 _adc
100 1 0 _aDurrans, Stéphanie
_eauthor
245 0 0 _aBlack Tickets by Jayne Anne Phillips: Outlaw Writing
260 _c2003.
500 _a92
520 _aWhile Jayne Anne Phillips's first collection of short stories received wide critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, her first novel fell short of fulfilling the expectations generated by this early work. The key to understanding the achievement of Black Tickets partially lies in Phillips's subtle shifts from a minimalist prose to the surrealist depths of an otherwise incantatory mode of writing, a method of composition which she brought to near perfection in her second novel, Shelter. The following paper aims to throw light on the way Phillips actually uses certain aesthetic principles of de-composition to reflect the ethical quandary of a whole generation of Americans at a loss in a world of fluctuating identities and shifting values. She eventually undermines the traditional icons of American society through new modes of perception and representation which allow her to transfigure reality while seeking to bridge the gap between the known and the unknown.
690 _aTranscendence
690 _aAnamorphosis
690 _aDissolution
690 _aFluctuating identities
690 _aTransfiguration
786 0 _nRevue française d’études américaines | o 95 | 1 | 2003-02-01 | p. 118-128 | 0397-7870
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-d-etudes-americaines-2003-1-page-118?lang=en
999 _c211745
_d211745