ABSTRACT
Collage in Twenty-First-Century Literature in English: Art of Crisis considers the phenomenon of the continued relevance of collage, a form established over a hundred years ago, to contemporary literature. It argues that collage is a perfect artistic vehicle to represent the crisis-ridden reality of the twenty-first-century. Being a mixture of fragmentary incompatible voices, collage embodies the chaos of the media-dominated world. Examining the artistic, sociopolitical and personal crises addressed in contemporary collage literature, the book argues that the 21st Century has brought a revival of collage-like novels and essays.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Art in Crisis
chapter 3|23 pages
Manifestos for “Reality-Based” Art
part II|59 pages
Society in Crisis
chapter 4|32 pages
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
chapter 5|25 pages
When We Were Human
part III|48 pages
The Self in Crisis