Research Article

Simulated Space and Semiotic Salvation: An Interpretation of Non-places in Don DeLillo’s White Noise

Authors

  • Peng Teaching Assistant, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xihua University, Chengdu, China

Abstract

In White Noise, Don DeLillo presents a world mired in simulation, hyperreality, consumerism, and technologies. This article finds a connection between Jean Baudrillard’s “Simulacra” and Marc Augé’s “Non-place”; that is, the simulated spaces can actually be considered non-places. This article analyzes the dilemmas contemporary American people are confronted with in three non-places: media as non-places, supermarkets and shopping malls as non-places and technologies as non-places, and reveals their useless and meaningless semiotic salvation by consumption of media, commodities and technologies.

Article information

Journal

International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation

Volume (Issue)

6 (5)

Pages

31-36

Published

2023-05-10

How to Cite

Peng. (2023). Simulated Space and Semiotic Salvation: An Interpretation of Non-places in Don DeLillo’s White Noise. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 6(5), 31–36. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2023.6.5.4

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Keywords:

White Noise; Simulacra; Non-place; Semiotic Salvation