Papers by Jaroslav Kusnir
by Dennis Foley, Andrew Jakubowicz, Carolyn Van Langenberg, Katherine Gallagher, Marian Sawer, Kelly McWilliam, Jaroslav Kusnir, Paul Genoni, Michelle Arrow, Deborah Hunn, Janet McCalman, and Christy Collis Journal of Australian Studies, 2003
A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 20... more A C Grayling, The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life, Phoenix Paperbacks, 2001, pp 208, pb $21. ISBN 0753813599.Miriam Estensen, The Life of Matthew Flinders, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 538, hb $59.95. ISBN 1865085154.Marele Day, Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife, Allen & Unwin, 2002, pp 357, pb $29.95. ISBN 1865088021.Tim Rowse, Nugget
In her novel, Five Bells (2011), Gail Jones depicts the Australian city of Sydney as a vibrant
co... more In her novel, Five Bells (2011), Gail Jones depicts the Australian city of Sydney as a vibrant
contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
In her novel, Five Bells (2011), Gail Jones depicts the Australian city of Sydney as a vibrant
co... more In her novel, Five Bells (2011), Gail Jones depicts the Australian city of Sydney as a vibrant
contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
In my paper I analyze several short stories, mostly from
David Foster Wallace’s short story colle... more In my paper I analyze several short stories, mostly from
David Foster Wallace’s short story collection Oblivion, to show
– how Wallace’s use of narrative strategies undermines the realistic and
complicates the metafictional frames of reference;
– what the role of these elements is in the production of meaning; and
– how the alteration of a descriptive form/passage in Wallace’s short fiction
creates an alternative ontological level or vision of the world, and presents
a critique of traditional and metafictional representations of reality.
This book includes contributions by African,
East and West European, Asian and North American sch... more This book includes contributions by African,
East and West European, Asian and North American scholars
which deal with and compare ideological and non-ideological approaches
to the analysis of literary, artistic as well as popular works
(popular music) mostly by American authors. Most of the essays
deal with a way various aspects of American identity are depicted,
represented, treated, ideologized and aestheticized in different literary
genres, forms of art and media. The contributions offer multidisciplinary,
cross-cultural and comparative perspectives and represent
a diversity of scholarly voices ranging from the general discussion on
the relationship between ideology and art (Anton Pokrivčák), ideology
and multiculturalism (Cristina Garrigós). They also give the
analysis of poetry (Pokrivčák, Obododima Oha), postmodern fiction
(Pi-Hua Ni, Cristina Garrigós), drama (Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Csaba
Csapó) as well as the comparative analysis of the depiction of the
identity of North American Indians in such different media as literature
and film (Michal Peprník). In addition to this, the book includes
the analysis of Black rap music (Wojciech Kallas).
Jaroslav Kušnír's book American Fiction: Modernism-Postmodernism, Popular Culture,
and Metafictio... more Jaroslav Kušnír's book American Fiction: Modernism-Postmodernism, Popular Culture,
and Metafiction is a sequel to his previous study on American postmodern fiction entitled
Poetika americkej postmodernej prózy: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme [Poetics
of American Fiction: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme]. Prešov: Impreso, 2001. It
explores various aspects of American postmodernist fiction as manifested in the works by
Richard Brautigan, Donald Barthelme and other American postmodernist authors such as
Robert Coover, E. L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster. Analyzing various short
stories and novels, the author shows differences between modernist and postmodernist
literature in the works of Donald Barthelme; the way postmodern parodies of popular literary
genres give a critique of some aspects of American cultural identity and experience (the
American Dream, individualism, consumerism); and he also shows different ways postmodern
authors such as Robert Coover, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster create metafictional effect
as one of the most significant aspects of postmodern literature.
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contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
David Foster Wallace’s short story collection Oblivion, to show
– how Wallace’s use of narrative strategies undermines the realistic and
complicates the metafictional frames of reference;
– what the role of these elements is in the production of meaning; and
– how the alteration of a descriptive form/passage in Wallace’s short fiction
creates an alternative ontological level or vision of the world, and presents
a critique of traditional and metafictional representations of reality.
East and West European, Asian and North American scholars
which deal with and compare ideological and non-ideological approaches
to the analysis of literary, artistic as well as popular works
(popular music) mostly by American authors. Most of the essays
deal with a way various aspects of American identity are depicted,
represented, treated, ideologized and aestheticized in different literary
genres, forms of art and media. The contributions offer multidisciplinary,
cross-cultural and comparative perspectives and represent
a diversity of scholarly voices ranging from the general discussion on
the relationship between ideology and art (Anton Pokrivčák), ideology
and multiculturalism (Cristina Garrigós). They also give the
analysis of poetry (Pokrivčák, Obododima Oha), postmodern fiction
(Pi-Hua Ni, Cristina Garrigós), drama (Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Csaba
Csapó) as well as the comparative analysis of the depiction of the
identity of North American Indians in such different media as literature
and film (Michal Peprník). In addition to this, the book includes
the analysis of Black rap music (Wojciech Kallas).
and Metafiction is a sequel to his previous study on American postmodern fiction entitled
Poetika americkej postmodernej prózy: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme [Poetics
of American Fiction: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme]. Prešov: Impreso, 2001. It
explores various aspects of American postmodernist fiction as manifested in the works by
Richard Brautigan, Donald Barthelme and other American postmodernist authors such as
Robert Coover, E. L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster. Analyzing various short
stories and novels, the author shows differences between modernist and postmodernist
literature in the works of Donald Barthelme; the way postmodern parodies of popular literary
genres give a critique of some aspects of American cultural identity and experience (the
American Dream, individualism, consumerism); and he also shows different ways postmodern
authors such as Robert Coover, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster create metafictional effect
as one of the most significant aspects of postmodern literature.
contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
contemporary multicultural place in which, through a depiction of the lives of four characters,
she points out not only the complicated stories of these characters, but also of the city’s
contemporary role as both diasporic and transnational place. I analyze Jones’ depiction of the
city both as a diasporic home for one group of characters (diasporic in Safran’s sense of the
term), and as home and a site of transnational experience for another group of characters (according
to Bill Ashcroft’s concept of the transnation), with the main emphasis on the role of the
city and Australia as a metaphorical space creating the transnational identity of the characters.
David Foster Wallace’s short story collection Oblivion, to show
– how Wallace’s use of narrative strategies undermines the realistic and
complicates the metafictional frames of reference;
– what the role of these elements is in the production of meaning; and
– how the alteration of a descriptive form/passage in Wallace’s short fiction
creates an alternative ontological level or vision of the world, and presents
a critique of traditional and metafictional representations of reality.
East and West European, Asian and North American scholars
which deal with and compare ideological and non-ideological approaches
to the analysis of literary, artistic as well as popular works
(popular music) mostly by American authors. Most of the essays
deal with a way various aspects of American identity are depicted,
represented, treated, ideologized and aestheticized in different literary
genres, forms of art and media. The contributions offer multidisciplinary,
cross-cultural and comparative perspectives and represent
a diversity of scholarly voices ranging from the general discussion on
the relationship between ideology and art (Anton Pokrivčák), ideology
and multiculturalism (Cristina Garrigós). They also give the
analysis of poetry (Pokrivčák, Obododima Oha), postmodern fiction
(Pi-Hua Ni, Cristina Garrigós), drama (Zoe Detsi-Diamanti, Csaba
Csapó) as well as the comparative analysis of the depiction of the
identity of North American Indians in such different media as literature
and film (Michal Peprník). In addition to this, the book includes
the analysis of Black rap music (Wojciech Kallas).
and Metafiction is a sequel to his previous study on American postmodern fiction entitled
Poetika americkej postmodernej prózy: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme [Poetics
of American Fiction: Richard Brautigan and Donald Barthelme]. Prešov: Impreso, 2001. It
explores various aspects of American postmodernist fiction as manifested in the works by
Richard Brautigan, Donald Barthelme and other American postmodernist authors such as
Robert Coover, E. L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster. Analyzing various short
stories and novels, the author shows differences between modernist and postmodernist
literature in the works of Donald Barthelme; the way postmodern parodies of popular literary
genres give a critique of some aspects of American cultural identity and experience (the
American Dream, individualism, consumerism); and he also shows different ways postmodern
authors such as Robert Coover, Kurt Vonnegut and Paul Auster create metafictional effect
as one of the most significant aspects of postmodern literature.