"Minimalism" in Raymond Carver's "Collectors"

By Mathias Keller

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, http: //www.uni-jena.de/ (Institute for English/ Amererican Studies), course: Hauptseminar, 21 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In the seemingly simple low-rent tragedy "Collectors", Carver's most minimalistic story, a salesman for vacuum cleaners enters the house and life of the I-narrator. A multitude of blanks and, moreover, unfamiliar events and actions contribute to a large extend to the high potential of anxiety of the story. In the following, I will first reveal the most significant blanks concerning the setting, the point of view and the two protagonists. By doing so, I will also attempt to fill them. Secondly, I will analyze what is unfamiliar in the story and how events and actions of the two characters amplify the, on the whole, uncanny situation. Finally, I will sum up the main findings of my analysis and evaluate them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3638754057
• ISBN13: 9783638754057
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"