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Inwards as the way out? Sources of suering and the protagonists' coping strategies in Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Mosfegh and The New Me by Halle Butler

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Załużna-Łuczkiewicz M.

Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal

2022

vol. 1

113-131

The article aims to show analogies between three literary works: Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Mosfegh and The New Me by Halle Butler. I will focus on the following points of convergence in these texts: surveillance, the nature of work and the eectiveness of the protagonists' coping strategies. I will draw on some of the existing literature on Bartleby, the works of Francesco Berardi and David Graeber on work, Barbara L. Fredrikson and Tomi-Ann Roberts' paper on the objectication of female body as well as Michel Foucault's study of surveillance and Jonathan Crary's book on sleep.

Postironic Sensibility in My Appearance by David Foster Wallace

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Załużna-Łuczkiewicz M.

Language. Culture. Politics. International Journal

2023

vol. 1

issue 1

129-138

This paper aims to show how David Foster Wallace uses the story My Appearance to convey his ideas on postmodernism and irony. I argue that two sensibilities, ironic and post-ironic, are represented by the main characters David Letterman and Edilyn, respectively. I briefly outline the ways in which irony is problematic. Then I focus on how the battle between the ironic and the post-ironic is played out during an interview that the above mentioned characters participate in. I also write about the tension inherent in the notion of sincerity. I draw on the works of Adam Kelly and Lukas Hoffmann on postirony as well as a body of literature devoted to irony.

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Inwards as the way out? Sources of suering and the protagonists' coping strategies in Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Mosfegh and The New Me by Halle Butler

Postironic Sensibility in My Appearance by David Foster Wallace