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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1986
Description
The individual's survival in a hostile, postmodern environment is a principal
theme of Jerzy Kosinski's Cockpit. Tarden, the preeminent survivor in this
landscape, equates survival with control. He achieves control, both of himself
and others, by aggressive forms of psychological and physical manipulation. The
final goal of this manipulation is the absolute subversion of death. As he ages,
Tarde!} realizes that death can only be diverted, and· his strategies to a void the
inevitable become more sophisticated. Initially a being of action, he finally
seeks refuge in words, in confession. Yet his confession is a violent parallel to
his life; as such it becomes another diversionary act. The reader, at whom the
confession is directed, is the target of this will to control and its violence.
theme of Jerzy Kosinski's Cockpit. Tarden, the preeminent survivor in this
landscape, equates survival with control. He achieves control, both of himself
and others, by aggressive forms of psychological and physical manipulation. The
final goal of this manipulation is the absolute subversion of death. As he ages,
Tarde!} realizes that death can only be diverted, and· his strategies to a void the
inevitable become more sophisticated. Initially a being of action, he finally
seeks refuge in words, in confession. Yet his confession is a violent parallel to
his life; as such it becomes another diversionary act. The reader, at whom the
confession is directed, is the target of this will to control and its violence.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
51 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14342
Additional Information
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Date Backup
1986
Date Text
1986
Date Issued (EDTF)
1986
Extension
FAU
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IID
FADT14342
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Person Preferred Name
CHILDRESS, RONALD.
Graduate College
Physical Description
51 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
SURVIVOR IN JERZY KOSINSKI'S "COCKPIT" (POSTMODERNISM)
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Origin Information
1986
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
SURVIVOR IN JERZY KOSINSKI'S "COCKPIT" (POSTMODERNISM)
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SURVIVOR IN JERZY KOSINSKI'S "COCKPIT" (POSTMODERNISM)