The influence of Albert Einstein and Quantum Physics in Kurt Vonnegut’s narrative
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This paper focuses on the deep influence that Albert Einstein and some of his closest disciples and colaborators played on Kurt Vonnegut's narrative. In order to achieve this goal, the study starts by analyzing Einstein's role as a maker of modern culture in general and as a seminal influence on contemporary American novelists in particular. Once this preliminary and indispensable tasks has been fulfilled, I move on to examine Einstein's direct references on Vonnegut's novels as well as how some theories from the field of Quantum Physics become necessary elements in order to sustain some thematic issues or elements within Vonnegut's corpus.
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MARTÍN PÁRRAGA, J. (2010). The influence of Albert Einstein and Quantum Physics in Kurt Vonnegut’s narrative. Hikma, 9, 143–160. https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v9i.5271
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