COLLAPSING BUILDINGS AND HALLUCINATORY HELL: NATURE AND URBANITY IN SELECTED NOVELS BY J. G. BALLARD

Authors

  • St. Schlensag TU Dortmund University

Abstract

Ballard’s work as a novelist is often divided into two distinct stages. First, there are his novels of the 1960s. Second, there are three novels Ballard published during the mid-1970s. My aim is to further an understanding of Ballard as a writer outside the generic confinements of Science Fiction. By juxtaposing two trilogies dealing either with natural landscapes or the urban cityscape I shall also point to the modalities these opposing settings insinuate.

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Published

2009-09-20

How to Cite

Schlensag, S. (2009). COLLAPSING BUILDINGS AND HALLUCINATORY HELL: NATURE AND URBANITY IN SELECTED NOVELS BY J. G. BALLARD. Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, (3), 24–40. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/301

Issue

No. 3 (2009)

Section

LITERATURE STUDY

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