“Stuff That Happened to Me”: Visual Memory in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005)

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  • Elisabeth Siegel

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https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.115

Abstract

The article examines the use of graphic images for mnemonic purposes in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close“ (2005). It argues that through the combination of photographs with magical realist and fantastic passages, the novel provides a commentary on the role of visual representations in the construction of a collective memory of 9/11.

Author Biography

  • Elisabeth Siegel
    Elisabeth Siegel studied English and American Studies and Business Administration at Chemnitz University of Technology and at the University of Glasgow. She is a junior lecturer at the University of Vienna and is working on a PhD thesis on “Visual Memory in Verbal Narrative.“ Apart from word-&-image relationships, her research interests include literary representations of space and place, women’s writing, and popular music.

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Siegel, Elisabeth. “‘Stuff That Happened to Me’: Visual Memory in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005)”. Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, vol. 10, Mar. 2012, https://doi.org/10.5283/copas.115.