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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 2 / 2021  
         
  Article:   BOOK REVIEW: ALEXANDRU ORAVIȚAN, WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE METROPOLIS – FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND IN POST-9/11 LITERATURE, TIMIȘOARA, EDITURA UNIVERSITĂȚII DE VEST, 2019, 394 P..

Authors:  NÓRA MÁTHÉ.
 
       
         
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Published Online: 2021-06-30
Published Print: 2021-06-30
pp. 297-299
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Alexandru Oravițan’s book, Within and Without the Metropolis – Foreground and Background in Post-9/11 Literature, discusses a topic about which both academics and the layman know plenty: the 9/11 terror attacks are often considered to be a changing point in American history, a paradigm shift in American art and culture, and an event which shaped not just the American, but the global views about international politics, cultural differences, the ideals of nationalism and more. 9/11 is no easy task to discuss: there are many incredibly delicate details to consider, from the purely emotional to the exceedingly complicated socio-political arguments.
 
         
     
         
         
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