Postmoderna popularna kultura u delima Ijana Makjuana

Abstract

U središtu istraživanja, kako i stoji u samom naslovu teze, nalazi se postmoderna popularna kultura i njeni elementi u okviru odabranih romana eminentnog britanskog autora, Ijana Makjuana, i to konkretno Suboti, Solaru i Orahovoj ljusci. Popularna kultura je uzeta kao težište s obzirom na to da su ljudi sa njom u svakodnevnom kontaktu, a ujedno predstavlja aktivan proces stvaranja i prenošenja značenja i zadovoljstva unutar određenog društvenog sistema. Spoj sa postmodernizmom je izabran jer je omogućio ponovno pojavljivanje važnih društvenih pitanja na intelektualnoj agendi. U okviru aktuelnog fragmentisanog pejzaža postmoderne epohe, u kome je sistem kapitalističke proizvodnje već uveliko uspostavljen, pažnja se sada pomera ka samom kozumiranju robe, čime postmoderna popularna kultura, koja slavi konzumerizam, hedonizam, kao i stil, dolazi u prvi plan i, ujedno, postaje interesantan predmet istraživanja. Dva kompleksna termina su spojena sa ciljem da se na što bolji način analizira kultura i društvo sveta današnjice koji su prikazani u odabranim romanima Ijana Makjuana, a zatim i uvidi u kojoj meri se za Makjuana može reći da je uspešan hroničar svog vremena. Kako bi se na pravi način analizirala dela, zatim predstavili rezulatati i izveli zaključci, prvenstveno je dat teorijski okvir rada, nakon čega se nalazi analiza Subote, Solara i Orahove ljuske, tim redosledom, pomoću elemenata postmoderne popularne kulture. Na kraju se dolazi do zaključaka, koji na pravi način zaokružuju dato istraživanje, a po kojima se pokazalo da je postmoderna popularna kultura izuzetno pogodna za analizu pošto u potpunosti otkriva identitete pojedinaca, zatim njihove međuljudske odnose, istovremeno oslikavajući generalno stanje naše savremene stvarnosti i iskustva.

In the very core of this research, as it is stated in the title of the dissertation, one can find postmodern popular culture and its elements within the chosen novels of a renowned British author Ian McEwan – to be more precise, within Saturday, Solar and Nutshell. Popular culture is taken as the basis due to the fact that people have everyday contact with it, and because it simultaneously represents an active process of creating and disseminating meaning and pleasure in a certain social system. Blend with postmodernism has been chosen because it has enabled the re-appearance of important social issues on the intellectual agenda. Within the current fragmented landscape of postmodern epoch, where the system of capitalist production has already been established, the attention has now been shifted towards the consumption itself, thus making postmodern popular culture – which celebrates consumerism, hedonism and style – come to the forefront and, that way, become an interesting field for research. The two complex terms have been joined with the aim to analyse present-day culture and society in the best possible way, shown in the selected works of Ian McEwan, so as to get an insight into the extent to which it can be said that McEwan represents the best chronicler of his time. So as to analyse the novels in a proper manner, then show results and draw conclusions, the theoretical frame has been discussed first, followed by analyses of Saturday, Solar and Nutshell respectively, with the help of elements of popular culture. Finally, one can find a conclusion which gives a perfect end to the present research while showing that postmodern popular culture is truly appropriate for the analysis itself as it completely reveals the identities of individuals, then their interpersonal relationships, while simultaneously depicting the current state of our contemporary reality and experience on a global scale.