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TY - JOUR
T1 - Violence and the Sacred in the Fiction of Julia Kristeva
AU - Greaney, Michael
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This article examines the relatively neglected fiction of Julia Kristeva, especially her ‘gothic roman noir’ The Old Man and the Wolves, in relation to her theories of violence and abjection. It focuses on the various kinds of excitement and anxiety provoked by notions of border-crossing and metamorphosis in her fiction, and explores her critique of the banality of secular modernity and her nostalgic evocations of sacred space. I also discuss the paradox of her problematic use of detective fiction—a direct product of secular modernity—as a vehicle for this critique.
AB - This article examines the relatively neglected fiction of Julia Kristeva, especially her ‘gothic roman noir’ The Old Man and the Wolves, in relation to her theories of violence and abjection. It focuses on the various kinds of excitement and anxiety provoked by notions of border-crossing and metamorphosis in her fiction, and explores her critique of the banality of secular modernity and her nostalgic evocations of sacred space. I also discuss the paradox of her problematic use of detective fiction—a direct product of secular modernity—as a vehicle for this critique.
KW - Kristeva
KW - abjection
KW - detection
KW - metamorphosis
KW - sacred
KW - violence
U2 - 10.1177/1355835808091420
DO - 10.1177/1355835808091420
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 293
EP - 304
JO - Theology and Sexuality
JF - Theology and Sexuality
SN - 1355-8358
IS - 3
ER -