“Pitch the king”: Ben Fountain’s games
In his stories and his novel, Ben Fountain uses games as an epistemological tool. Games allow him to subvert the cultural codes, his satire becoming a political critique of the nation and of US foreign policy, and to operate a fusion of the characters’ voices, as he looks for a collective or transpe...
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oai:doaj.org-article:fda0e954190f4789ab7b4a1b54fd64a82021-12-02T10:15:30Z“Pitch the king”: Ben Fountain’s games1765-276610.4000/transatlantica.6596https://doaj.org/article/fda0e954190f4789ab7b4a1b54fd64a82013-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6596https://doaj.org/toc/1765-2766In his stories and his novel, Ben Fountain uses games as an epistemological tool. Games allow him to subvert the cultural codes, his satire becoming a political critique of the nation and of US foreign policy, and to operate a fusion of the characters’ voices, as he looks for a collective or transpersonal expression. He ultimately plays with his readers, inviting them to be active recipients and discoverers.Françoise Palleau-PapinAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesarticleBen Fountaingame theorynarratologysatireVodouforeign policyHistory AmericaE-FAmericaE11-143ENFRTransatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines, Vol 2 (2013) |
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