Minimalism in Raymond Carver's Collectors

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature grade: 17 http: //www.uni-jena.de/ (Institute for English/ Amererican Studies) course: Hauptseminar 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.