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Monday, March 15, 2004
White Noise Blog Entries
You can do either one or two entries in response to the following questions:
You can do either one or two entries in response to the following questions:
- We've discussed the ways in which DeLillo's White Noise enacts sensory overload through its dense prose style and sudden bursts of advertising jargon and misinformation. In order to think more carefully about this "overload," complete the following activity: Go to a public place (a grocery store, a hardware store, a bookstore, the student center, a shopping mall). Observe and record all of the sensory data that you witness over the course of one hour. Then try to filter through that data, seperating out what seems relevant and irrelevant.
- In response to DeLillo's satire of academic discourse, find an interesting example of academic language, whether a syllabus, a course catalog, or some other text that seems to reinforce academic hierarchies. What type of language does the author use? What words might be used to exclude "outsiders" to the academic community? How is authority described?
- On page 258, Murray comments that "nostalgia is a producrt of dissatisfaction and rage." Soon after Murray's comment we see Jack digging through teh garbage to find evidence of his wife's drug use. Given our previous discussions of consumer culture (including Jack's mad shopping spree), offer your interpretation of this section of the novel.
- On page 200, Jack comments that "we're the sum of our chemical impulses." He then asks how this fact changes our understanding of good and evil. This conversation is in the context of Jack learning about Dylar. How do you read this passage?
- Find a passage after page 150 that you want to address and offer an explanation of why you find it interesting.
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