IMAGINATION, NO WAY OUT: THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
IMAGINATION, NO WAY OUT: THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO
Author(s): Ecaterina PatrascuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: imagination; postmodern; reality; subjectivity
Summary/Abstract: The characters of Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao are condemned to face reality in spite of all their imaginative efforts to reconstruct, avoid or replace it. It is the fukú of all of them to grow convinced that the workings of their minds, despite plausibility or fascination, cannot stand up to the “one and only” reality.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 165-172
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English