TY - JOUR
T1 - Media violence, catholic mystery, and counter-fundamentalism
T2 - A post-9/11 rhetoric of flexibility in don DeLillo's Point Omega
AU - Naydan, Liliana M.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - This article considers Don DeLillo's Point Omega as a tacit response to 9/11 in which violence assumes an aura of Catholic mystery. In the novel, DeLillo screens violence from view to critique replayed, on-screen media violence and fanatical fundamentalist terrorism. He thus reinvigorates the novelist as a visionary rhetorical force that fosters contemplation via questions and advocates for compromise rather than extremism.
AB - This article considers Don DeLillo's Point Omega as a tacit response to 9/11 in which violence assumes an aura of Catholic mystery. In the novel, DeLillo screens violence from view to critique replayed, on-screen media violence and fanatical fundamentalist terrorism. He thus reinvigorates the novelist as a visionary rhetorical force that fosters contemplation via questions and advocates for compromise rather than extremism.
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U2 - 10.1080/00111619.2013.843504
DO - 10.1080/00111619.2013.843504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919667033
VL - 56
SP - 94
EP - 107
JO - Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
JF - Critique - Studies in Contemporary Fiction
SN - 0011-1619
IS - 1
ER -