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  1. 1. Fangoso Lagoons: Hyperreality and Imaginary Stations in The Crying of Lot 49

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Författare :Shane Glennon; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Postmodernism; hyperreality; imaginary station; Jean Baudrillard; Umberto Eco; Disneyland; Thomas Pynchon; The Crying of Lot 49; Fangoso Lagoons;

    Sammanfattning : This essay analyses Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) in relation to postmodern literary theory, specifically the concepts of hyperreality and imaginary stations. In Simulacra and Simulation (1981), Jean Baudrillard proposes that the Disneyland theme park in California is an imaginary station that conceals the fact that it is the world outside of Disneyland that is hyperreal. LÄS MER