(Beyond) posthuman violence epic rewritings of ethics in the contemporary novel Murgia, Claudio creator author. Docherty, Thomas 1955- author of introduction. text bibliography Academic theses. Criticism, interpretation, etc. deu 2019 monographic eng print xxxix, 183 pages ; 24 cm. " ... The individual is affected by a difficulty to communicate her metaphor machine to the Other, as if it were inexpressible. This work explores how the characters in the works of David Foster Wallace, Cormac MacCarthy, J. G. Ballard, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, Maurice G. Dantec and China Mieville suffer from these limits of language and the constrictions of the Law. Through violence they look for their individual Voice, intended as their will-to-say, the 'pure taking place of language' (Agamben). In their struggle to be heard these characters are however deaf to the Voice of the Other. There is a need for a new Ethics of Narratives expressed through an Epic of the Voice founded on the will-to-listen, along the lines of the concept of the posthuman theorized by Rosi Braidotti. Here subjectivity is a process of constant autopoiesis dependent on the relationship the individual has with the Other and ... "--Back cover. by Claudio Murgia. "With an introduction by Thomas Docherty, University of Warwick"--Book jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-180) and index. 1900-1999 fast Comparative literature Fiction Social aspects Fiction 20th century History and criticism Literature and morals Metaphor in literature Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature Violence in literature Comparative literature Fiction Social aspects Fiction Literature and morals Metaphor in literature Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature Violence in literature PN56.V53 M87 2019 809/.933552 Series in literary studies 1622736389 9781622736386 pda,print A7U 190529 20250318214712.3 in00004170737 eng