The End as Enjambment: Critical Inquiries Beyond the End…

This introduction investigates the proliferation of ends in late 20th century and early 21st century fiction, theory, and culture. By investigating some characteristics of ‘ends’ I reflect upon some of the aporias of the concept of the end. I conclude by analyzing Colson Whitehead’s Zone One “(2013)...

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Main Author: Sebastian Huber
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Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2015-11-01
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Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/242
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spelling doaj-art-226f6bcbc1664abc87ae13b9f9b9c8a82024-11-15T07:54:39ZengRegensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und AmerikanistikCurrent Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies1861-61272015-11-0116210.5283/copas.242The End as Enjambment: Critical Inquiries Beyond the End…Sebastian HuberThis introduction investigates the proliferation of ends in late 20th century and early 21st century fiction, theory, and culture. By investigating some characteristics of ‘ends’ I reflect upon some of the aporias of the concept of the end. I conclude by analyzing Colson Whitehead’s Zone One “(2013) for its discussion of the end of the world and the end of race and show that the novel conceives of a critical form of post-apocalypticism in a racialized context.https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/242EndPostmodernismAlain BadiouPost-ApocalypseColson Whitehead.
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Postmodernism
Alain Badiou
Post-Apocalypse
Colson Whitehead.
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Postmodernism
Alain Badiou
Post-Apocalypse
Colson Whitehead.
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