![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reciprocal aspect of symbolic exchange of gifts is used to study the division of subject and object as a site for creation of needs in the collection.The accidental death of the infant in "Incarnations of Burned Children" and the suicide of "Good Old Neon" are juxtaposed to analyze different manifestations of the concept of "eternity". This concept is expanded and explained in "Another Pioneer". However, Baudrillard offers a powerful toolbox to reinstate the reality of Oblivion Stories by foregrounding the silences and pointing to fissures, gaps, and unnoticed interrelations in the eight short stories.Baudrillard uses Marcel Mauss's concept of "gift exchange" to establish his framework of "symbolic exchange". Wallace is well-known for his treatment of boredom, self-consciousness, and loneliness in the contemporary world. This thesis attempts to read David Foster Wallace's Oblivion Stories from the perspective of Jean Baudrillard. ![]()
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