Metafiction And Claustrophobia In Paul Auster's City Of Glass
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2021-11-06
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This paper addresses the argument that
metafiction and reality are fundamentally
identical in that they are both linguistic
constructs within which humans
experience claustrophobia. Metafiction
exemplifies how the postmodern subject
strives to escape all closed boundaries that
limit their existential, cultural, or personal
freedom. In this context, this article
analytically examines the relationship
between metafiction and claustrophobia in
Paul Auster’s novel City of Glass. It
highlights how language plays a major
role in restricting people to linguistic
realities that have no connection with
other realms outside language. The
intended purpose is to illustrate how
humans have become claustrophobic in a
postmodern culture that delegitimizes all
major grand narratives or stories that
once gave spiritual meaning to their lives.
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Claustrophobia ; Language ; metafiction ; Postmodernism .
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Dida, Nassireddine. Maoui,Hocine. Metafiction And Claustrophobia In Paul Auster's City Of Glass. Ex Professo. Vol. 06. N 02. 06 /11/ 2021. university of El -oued. [visited in ../../….]. available from [copy the link here]