Space and Identity in J. G. Ballard’s Urban Disaster Fiction

The confluence of spatiality and identity has been one of the central issues in psychogeographical research. J.G. Ballard’s fiction offers a valuable entry point into such considerations, especially when viewed alongside theoretical developments in the field of spatiality studies. In approaching the...

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Published in:Polish journal of English studies Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 7 - 17
Main Author: Tereszewski, Marcin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Kraków Stowarzyszenie Nauczycieli Akademickich Języka Angielskiego PASE 01.01.2019
Polish Association for the Study of English PASE
The Polish Association for the Study of English
Polish Association for the Study of English
Subjects:
Architecture
Capitalism
Cities
Fiction
Identity
Language and Literature Studies
Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965)
Modernism
Novels
Psychoanalysis
Science fiction & fantasy
Urbanization
Violence
ISSN:2545-0131, 2543-5981
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Summary:The confluence of spatiality and identity has been one of the central issues in psychogeographical research. J.G. Ballard’s fiction offers a valuable entry point into such considerations, especially when viewed alongside theoretical developments in the field of spatiality studies. In approaching the topic of identity disintegration in Ballard’s High-Rise and Concrete Island, this article attempts to present the complicit role the environment plays in self-determination. Though psychoanalysis has traditionally served as the first-line approach to Ballard’s work, spatiality studies offers an invaluable theoretical context, in which to further flesh out relationship that exists between the alienation, violence and isolation experienced by the characters and the particular environment they find themselves occupying.
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ISSN:2545-0131
2543-5981