Americana
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Americana is Don DeLillo’s debut novel, a satirical exploration of American media culture, identity, and the emptiness beneath corporate and consumer life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | praised for its sharp social satire ⓘ |
| explores |
alienation in corporate culture
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construction of reality through media ⓘ disintegration of personal identity ⓘ myth of the American road trip ⓘ |
| genre |
postmodern literature
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road novel ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | David Bell ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780394442390 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | David Bell ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
filmmaking
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image versus reality ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
experimental narrative techniques
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ironic tone ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
disillusionment with success
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fragmentation of narrative ⓘ search for authenticity ⓘ |
| influencedBy | American pop culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American media culture
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consumerism ⓘ corporate life ⓘ emptiness of modern life ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction |
advertising
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television industry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Don DeLillo’s debut novel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | television executive ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| settingPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| structure | divided into multiple parts ⓘ |
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