ŠALAMOUN, Jiří. Monstrous Technology in Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge: The Internet as Terror and Transformation. CRITIQUE-STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION. UNITED STATES: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023, Neuveden, Neuvedeno, p. 1-10. ISSN 0011-1619. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2023.2242765. |
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@article{2303736, author = {Šalamoun, Jiří}, article_location = {UNITED STATES}, article_number = {Neuvedeno}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2023.2242765}, keywords = {Pynchon - technology - Internet - monstrosity - transformation}, language = {eng}, issn = {0011-1619}, journal = {CRITIQUE-STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION}, title = {Monstrous Technology in Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge: The Internet as Terror and Transformation}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00111619.2023.2242765}, volume = {Neuveden}, year = {2023} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2303736 AU - Šalamoun, Jiří PY - 2023 TI - Monstrous Technology in Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge: The Internet as Terror and Transformation JF - CRITIQUE-STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION VL - Neuveden IS - Neuvedeno SP - 1-10 EP - 1-10 PB - ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD SN - 00111619 KW - Pynchon - technology - Internet - monstrosity - transformation UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00111619.2023.2242765 N2 - This article argues that Pynchon’s portrayal of technology and the Internet in Bleeding Edge (2013) should be read as an example of the monstrous since it embodies its two key features: the ability to terrorize and transform. The paper shows that the Internet in Bleeding Edge is not only monstrous, as it can devour the life essence of its users, but also transformative, as it shocks them to such an extent that they can reassess their beliefs and can thus address new looming realities in productive ways. The paper shows this finding to be at odds with most research on the role of technology in Pynchon’s work and identifies a key benefit of Pynchon’s complex portrayal of the Internet in Bleeding Edge, which can enable better handling of the increasing presence of technology in the 21st century and making its presence and the accompanying transformations less terrifying. ER -
ŠALAMOUN, Jiří. Monstrous Technology in Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge: The Internet as Terror and Transformation. \textit{CRITIQUE-STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION}. UNITED STATES: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR \&{} FRANCIS LTD, 2023, Neuveden, Neuvedeno, p.~1-10. ISSN~0011-1619. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2023.2242765.
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