国防科学技术大学研究生院 二〇一三年十二月 Constructing a Literary Counter-Narrative in the “Age of Terror”: A Study of Falling Man by Don DeLillo
A Thesis
Submitted to the Graduate School of National University of Defense Technology In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts
By Qu Jingwen Under the Supervision of Professor Liu Xiao National University of Defense Technology
Changsha, Hunan December，2013 ABSTRACT DeLillo is one of the most important novelists in contemporary American literature. Famous for his keen insight and unique writing style, DeLillo writes about topics of terrorism, capitalism, media, language, ethics of technology and so on, documenting most of the historically significant moments from Cold War to post-Cold War era. The 9/11 event, with its complexity in political, economical, and cultural aspects, has marked the new century as the “Age of Terror”. Falling Man (2007), as his literary response to this world-changi
