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1. 1. The Blurred Narrators of Douglas Coupland's Life After God

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Anton Åström; [2010-09-13]
   Keywords : Douglas Coupland; Life After God; narrator identity; blurred narrators;

   Abstract : This essay examines the construction of narrator identity in Douglas Coupland's short story composite Life After God. It suggests a reading of blurred narrators, a narrator identity positioned in between one and several. This is created through the omission of distinguishing qualities in the narrators of the different chapters. READ MORE

3. 2. “Dead celebrities are de facto amusing” : A postmodern analysis of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

   University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)

   Author : Thomas Johansson; [2010]
   Keywords : Douglas Coupland; Gen X; postmodernism; neologism;

   Abstract : This essay examines the novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland in an attempt to show how it is heavily postmodernist. Postmodernism is explained briefly to give an understanding of how it might be applied to the analysis of the novel. READ MORE