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2014
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E. L. Doctorow Welcome to Hard Times hollywoodization the myth of the Frontier postmodern fiction parodySujets proches
Legends and stories Novels Stories Natural science Sciences Science of science Travesty Comic literature Literature, Comic Novels Novellas (Short novels) Fiction--Philosophy Metafiction Stories WritersCiter ce document
Hossein Pirnajmuddin et al., « 'Demythologizing' Hollywood Western: E. L. Doctorow's Welcome to Hard Times », HAL-SHS : sciences politiques, ID : 10670/1.t08v47
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This study is an attempt to shed light on the hollywoodization of the myth of theFrontier ― a seminal one in constructing American history and identity ― and E. L.Doctorow's take on it in his Welcome to Hard Times. Considering ideas regarding theimportance of cinema in creating a simulated and hypereal world as well as the 1960scounter-culture, the writers try to demonstrate the way one of the major writers ofpostmodern fiction aspires to challenge, parody and demythologize this central myth and itsHollywood versions. Central to the discussion is how Doctorow foregrounds the verycomplexity of this 'demythologizing' venture.