The Bounds of Narrative in Don DeLillo’s Underworld: Action and the Ecology of Mimêsis

The interrelationship of natural and cultural history in Don DeLillo’s Underworld presents an ecology mimesis. If, as Timothy Morton argues, ecological thought can be understood a “mesh interconnection,” novel studies the interpretation connection. situates its action Cold War era. formal techniques examine tropes paranoia, containment, excess, waste peculiar to War. Parataxis free-indirect discourse emphasize contexts reference novel, illustrating how hermeneutics informs significance boundaries. use parataxis exemplifies conditions that propose limit metaphor’s reality, offer terms for meaningful action. I utilize Paul Ricoeur’s demonstrate reality temporal narrative condition. historical situation novel’s structure allows DeLillo interrogate role producing interpreting offers layers significance; reader’s engagement with reaffirms relationship pertinence metaphor.