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Pourgiv, F., Ghasemi, P., Hashemi, M. (2012). Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow. Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 28(1), 49-60. doi: 10.22099/jtls.2012.201
Farideh Pourgiv; Pavin Ghasemi; Mahsa Hashemi. "Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow". Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 28, 1, 2012, 49-60. doi: 10.22099/jtls.2012.201
Pourgiv, F., Ghasemi, P., Hashemi, M. (2012). 'Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow', Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 28(1), pp. 49-60. doi: 10.22099/jtls.2012.201
Pourgiv, F., Ghasemi, P., Hashemi, M. Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow. Journal of Teaching Language Skills, 2012; 28(1): 49-60. doi: 10.22099/jtls.2012.201

Paranoia vs. Anti-paranoia in Gravity's Rainbow

Editorial, Volume 28, Issue 1, Summer 2009, Page 49-60  XML PDF (182 K)
DOI: 10.22099/jtls.2012.201
Authors
Farideh Pourgiv* 1; Pavin Ghasemi1; Mahsa Hashemi2
1Prof. of English Literature
2English Literature Ph.D. Candidate
Abstract
Gravity's Rainbow is among the “most widely celebrated, unread novels” of American literature and already “a piece of minor folklore.” Pynchon's genius manifests itself in his uniquely wide range of subject matter and literary techniques of presentation, narration, and interpretation. Gravity's Rainbow is a novel based on various sets of parallels, oppositions and double structures. These parallel patterns are abundant both in the structure of the novel, and in the content, characterization, and themes. In this paper two of these binaries, paranoia and anti-paranoia, are discussed to show how Pynchon enjoys involving his characters and his readers in a cosmos in which no absolute truth and no singular concept can survive on its own; a universe in which certainty is a luxury that no one can reach.
Keywords
1. Gravity's Rainbow 2. Paranoia 3. Anti-Paranoia 4. Postmodern Novel 5. Thomas Pynchon
Article Title [Persian]
پارانویا بر ضد پارانویا در رنگین کمان جاذبه
Authors [Persian]
فریده پورگیو1; پروین قاسمی1; مهسا هاشمی2
Abstract [Persian]
       رنگین کمان جاذبه از جمله رمان‌های بسیار مشهور و خوانده نشده ادبیات آمریکا است و در زمره ادبیات عامه محسوب میشود. نبوغ نویسنده اش، پینچون، را می‌توان در ارایه موضوعات مختلف و تکنیک‌های روایت و برداشت مشاهده کرد. ساختار این رمان برپایه دسته‌های مختلفی از تطابق‌ها، تضادها و ساختارهای دوگانه بنا شده است. الگوهای تطابق در ساختار، محتوا، شخصیت پردازی و طرح رمان حضور چشمگیری دارند. در این مقاله دو مورد از تقابل‌های دوگانه یعنی پارانویا و ضد پارانویا مطرح شده است تا لذت پینچون از درگیر کردن شخصیت‌ها و خوانندگان در دنیایی را نشان دهد که در آن هیچ گونه حقیقت مطلق و تصور خاصی به تنهایی امکان پذیر نیست، دنیایی که قطعیت در آن تجملی دور از دسترس همگان است.
Keywords [Persian]
1. رنگین کمان جاذبه 2. پارانویا 3. ضد پارانویا 4. رمان پست مدرن 5. توماس پینچن
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