White Noise
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White Noise is a postmodern novel by Don DeLillo that satirically explores contemporary American life, consumer culture, and the pervasive fear of death through the story of a college professor and his family.
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| instanceOf |
novel
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postmodern novel → |
| adaptedAs |
White Noise (2022 film)
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| author |
Don DeLillo
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| awarded |
National Book Award for Fiction
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| awardYear |
1985
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
widely acclaimed
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| exploresConcept |
consumerism as religion
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death anxiety → information overload → |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Noah Baumbach
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| filmAdaptationReleaseYear |
2022
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| genre |
black comedy
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postmodern literature → satirical novel → |
| hasISBN |
0-670-80686-1
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| includedIn |
canon of contemporary American literature
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| libraryOfAmericaEdition |
included in Don DeLillo: Three Novels of the 1980s
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| literaryMovement |
postmodernism
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| mainCharacter |
Babette Gladney
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Denise Gladney → Heinrich Gladney → Jack Gladney → Murray Jay Siskind NERFINISHED → Steffie Gladney → |
| mediaType |
print
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| notablePlotElement |
Airborne Toxic Event
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| pageCount |
326
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| protagonistField |
Hitler studies
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| protagonistOccupation |
college professor
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| publicationYear |
1985
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| publisher |
Viking Press
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| publisherImprint |
Viking Penguin
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| recognizedAs |
major work of American postmodern fiction
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| setInCountry |
United States
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| setInPeriod |
late 20th century
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| settingType |
college town
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| structure |
three-part novel
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| theme |
consumer culture
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environmental disaster → family dynamics → fear of death → mass media → pharmaceutical culture → simulation and hyperreality → technology and modernity → |
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White Noise
("White Noise (2022 film)")
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Players
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The Names
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Time 100 best English-language novels list
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Don DeLillo
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notableWork |