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Research paper thumbnail of Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Literature (Bloomsbury, 2015)

""The infamous opening pages of Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus (1972) present a journey thro... more ""The infamous opening pages of Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus (1972) present a journey through modern literature via the wanderings of such literary schizophrenics as Buchner’s Lenz and Beckett’s Molloy. In quick succession we come upon D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Michaux, Kafka, Artaud, and Proust. While the rest of Deleuze and Guattari’s project ranges over a vast array of disciplines, literature is given prominence as the means by which schizoanalysis is introduced to the world. In subsequent volumes, particularly Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature (1975), Deleuze and Guattari continue to insist on the literary character of their project.

While significant research has been done on the relation Deleuze and Guattari’s theory has to literature it is still far from clear what a schizoanalysis of literature would consist of. The present volume addresses this issue by offering a varied but ultimately consistent view of schizoanalytic literary studies as both a theoretical and a practical endeavor. Split into five sections, the pieces gathered here begin by analyzing the theory and practice of schizoanalysis for literary studies before proceeding through Homer, Shakespeare, Kafka and Joyce to engage the works of contemporary figures including J.M. Coetzee, Lindsey Collen and Peter Watts, providing answers to such questions as: what is the ethical significance of Deleuze and Guattari’s pragmatism, which envisages the literary text as a type of machine? How does schizoanalysis, with its politically charged theories of desire, becoming, and affect transform our understanding of authorial style, the role of the reader, and even life itself?""

Published Articles / Papers by Tim Matts

Research paper thumbnail of Subway Katabasis: Wildstyle Graffiti Bombing and the Vagabond Sign of the Itinerant in Don DeLillo’s Underworld

Research paper thumbnail of Infrastructural Nomads: Graffiti Futurism and the Afrofuturist War Machine

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Towards a Schizoanalytic Criticism

Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Literature (Bloomsbury), 2015

Introductory book chapter, co-authored with Ian Buchanan and Aidan Tynan

Research paper thumbnail of 'Nothing to See Here? Health Goth and the Eclipse of Hypercamouflage.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'Earthwork and Eco-clinic: Notes on James Turrell's Roden Crater Project.'

Design Ecologies, Dec 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 'Geotrauma and the Eco-clinic: Nature, Violence, and Ideology.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'With the Raising of the Ground: Catastrophism, Geotrauma, and Cinema’s Ecological Niche.'

Design Ecologies, Aug 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Melancholy of Extinction: Lars von Trier's Melancholia as an Environmental Film.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'Rhythms and Milieus: Deleuze and Guattari's Concept of the Refrain.'

An introductory text on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain, including a technical glos... more An introductory text on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain, including a technical glossary. The text was designed with pedagogical applications in mind, specifically for use by professional music teachers working with secondary/high school children. The project was translated into Italian and presented at the InNova Musica Symposium by Francesco Bergamo (IUAV, Venice, Italy).

Book Reviews by Tim Matts

Research paper thumbnail of Jeffrey Nicholas (ed.), Dune and Philosophy: Weirding Way of the Mentat, Illinois: Open Court, 2011, 288 pp.

Research paper thumbnail of Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Literature (Bloomsbury, 2015)

""The infamous opening pages of Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus (1972) present a journey thro... more ""The infamous opening pages of Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus (1972) present a journey through modern literature via the wanderings of such literary schizophrenics as Buchner’s Lenz and Beckett’s Molloy. In quick succession we come upon D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Michaux, Kafka, Artaud, and Proust. While the rest of Deleuze and Guattari’s project ranges over a vast array of disciplines, literature is given prominence as the means by which schizoanalysis is introduced to the world. In subsequent volumes, particularly Kafka: Towards a Minor Literature (1975), Deleuze and Guattari continue to insist on the literary character of their project.

While significant research has been done on the relation Deleuze and Guattari’s theory has to literature it is still far from clear what a schizoanalysis of literature would consist of. The present volume addresses this issue by offering a varied but ultimately consistent view of schizoanalytic literary studies as both a theoretical and a practical endeavor. Split into five sections, the pieces gathered here begin by analyzing the theory and practice of schizoanalysis for literary studies before proceeding through Homer, Shakespeare, Kafka and Joyce to engage the works of contemporary figures including J.M. Coetzee, Lindsey Collen and Peter Watts, providing answers to such questions as: what is the ethical significance of Deleuze and Guattari’s pragmatism, which envisages the literary text as a type of machine? How does schizoanalysis, with its politically charged theories of desire, becoming, and affect transform our understanding of authorial style, the role of the reader, and even life itself?""

Research paper thumbnail of Subway Katabasis: Wildstyle Graffiti Bombing and the Vagabond Sign of the Itinerant in Don DeLillo’s Underworld

Research paper thumbnail of Infrastructural Nomads: Graffiti Futurism and the Afrofuturist War Machine

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: Towards a Schizoanalytic Criticism

Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Literature (Bloomsbury), 2015

Introductory book chapter, co-authored with Ian Buchanan and Aidan Tynan

Research paper thumbnail of 'Nothing to See Here? Health Goth and the Eclipse of Hypercamouflage.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'Earthwork and Eco-clinic: Notes on James Turrell's Roden Crater Project.'

Design Ecologies, Dec 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 'Geotrauma and the Eco-clinic: Nature, Violence, and Ideology.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'With the Raising of the Ground: Catastrophism, Geotrauma, and Cinema’s Ecological Niche.'

Design Ecologies, Aug 2012

Research paper thumbnail of 'The Melancholy of Extinction: Lars von Trier's Melancholia as an Environmental Film.'

Research paper thumbnail of 'Rhythms and Milieus: Deleuze and Guattari's Concept of the Refrain.'

An introductory text on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain, including a technical glos... more An introductory text on Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain, including a technical glossary. The text was designed with pedagogical applications in mind, specifically for use by professional music teachers working with secondary/high school children. The project was translated into Italian and presented at the InNova Musica Symposium by Francesco Bergamo (IUAV, Venice, Italy).

Research paper thumbnail of Jeffrey Nicholas (ed.), Dune and Philosophy: Weirding Way of the Mentat, Illinois: Open Court, 2011, 288 pp.