Truth problematization and identity formation: a foucauldian reading of Martin Amis's money
Transgression in postmodern age marked a unique social and cultural aspect in re-forming the identity of the postmodern man. Martin Amis mirrors the identities of his characters through their transgression of the social norms, specifically, the established norms of truth of masculinity. However, t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10697/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10697/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10697/1/11631-39662-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | Transgression in postmodern age marked a unique social and cultural aspect in re-forming the identity of the
postmodern man. Martin Amis mirrors the identities of his characters through their transgression of the social
norms, specifically, the established norms of truth of masculinity. However, this idea of truth transgression
in
Amis's novel Money has not been fully taken into account and there has been little discussion about it in terms
of identity formation. Thus, the aim of this paper is to investigate the way in which transgression of truth affects
the idea of identity formation in Amis's novel Money. Drawing on Michel Foucault's technique of
problematisation, the present paper investigates the notion of transgressing the historical truth of masculinity
which becomes a significant idea that the protagonist John Self manipulates to actualise himself and to pick up
his own identity. The paper reveals a conclusion in which transgression of truth can be instrumental in realising
the self and re-affirming subjectivity as the case is in John Self. |
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