The Metamodernist Juxtapositions in Don DeLillo's Zero K

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RAMIN ZOHREH; Nezamdoost Nasrin

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Journal: Journal of Language and Translation Studies Year:2019 | Volume:52 | Issue:2 Page(s): 185-203

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The Metamodernist Juxtapositions in Don DeLillo's Zero K

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RAMIN ZOHREH | Nezamdoost Nasrin | Issue Writer Certificate

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MetamodernismQ1

DeLilloQ1

Zero KQ1

Vermeulen and AkkerQ1

OscillationQ2

Abstract

Don DeLillo's recent novel, Zero K (2016), simultaneously has both modernist and postmodernist characteristics. Therefore, it cannot be considered a completely modernist novel or a very postmodernist one. Due to such outstanding juxtapositions, the present study suggests that Zero K is a metamodernist novel. As Metamodernism is an Oscillation between modernism and postmodernism, this article aims to utilize Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin Van den Akker's theories on Metamodernism and analyze the metamodern juxtapositions in this novel. In order to apply their theories on the text of this novel, some oppositional modern and postmodern characteristics are chosen to be analyzed. Besides, the point of Oscillation between the two poles of modernism and postmodernism is surveyed. Generally, the philosophy of modernism is based on optimism and utopianism. However, the philosophy of postmodernism is entirely focused on skepticism and pessimism. Modernists believe in utopia but postmodernist believe in dystopia. Some of the characters in this novel embody modernism and some of them embody postmodernism. There are moments that they simultaneously become the embodiment of these oppositional states. Furthermore, the language of modernist works is not ironical but the language of postmodernist works is ironical and there is no sign of sincerity in their speeches. Besides, quotidian and routine moments of life are the focus of attention in modernist works but such moments aren’ t much valuable in postmodernist works. Such oppositional characteristics exist between modernist and postmodernist in Zero K. The results of this study show that the metamodern juxtapositions are illuminated in this novel through skeptical and optimistic views toward science and technology, sincerity and irony, engagement in and indifference to present moments, and utopia and dystopia. As Zero K oscillates like a swinging pendulum between the above-mentioned juxtapositions, and depicts the both-neither dynamic, it can be labeled as a metamodernist novel.

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RAMIN, ZOHREH, & Nezamdoost, Nasrin. (2019). The Metamodernist Juxtapositions in Don DeLillo's Zero K. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES, 52(2), 185-203. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/187542/en

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RAMIN ZOHREH, Nezamdoost Nasrin. The Metamodernist Juxtapositions in Don DeLillo's Zero K. JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES[Internet]. 2019;52(2):185-203. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/187542/en

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ZOHREH RAMIN, and Nasrin Nezamdoost, “The Metamodernist Juxtapositions in Don DeLillo's Zero K,” JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 185–203, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/187542/en

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