William Gibson's Pattern Recognition: Jet-Lagged Intimations of the Present

6 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2007

Date Written: 2005

Abstract

This paper is a commentary of William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition (2003) with special emphasis on the ideology of postmodernity and networked globalization, on issues of symbolism and on the reflexive dimension of pattern recognition in the narrative semiotics of the novel and its aesthetic project.

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Keywords: Gibson; Postmodernity; Apophenia; Reflexivity; Globalization;

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, William Gibson's Pattern Recognition: Jet-Lagged Intimations of the Present (2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1027211 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1027211

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

Gran Via 2
Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

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