Psychosis and Capture: Lacanian Individuation in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man

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  • Nikhil Jayadevan Simon Fraser University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.243

Keywords:

Falling Man, Don DeLillo, Individuation, Jacques Lacan, September 11

Abstract

This essay explores mechanisms of individuation in Don Delillo’s Falling Man“, placing it in conversation with Jacques Lacan’s ideas of ego-formation. It argues that the difference in Falling Man“’s two protagonists’ individuations holds the key to understanding Falling Man“’s critique of the post-9/11 subject condition.

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Jayadevan, Nikhil. “Psychosis and Capture: Lacanian Individuation in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 16, no. 2, Nov. 2015, doi:10.5283/copas.243.

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2015): The End as Enjambment

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