A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe

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dc.contributor.advisorCartwright, John Fen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGevers, Nicholas Daviden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T19:03:11Z
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dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines three major works by the American Science Fiction and Fantasy writer Gene Wolfe (Eugene Rodman Wolfe, 1931-). The central argument of this thesis is that in The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972), the 'New Sun' cycle of novels (1980- 1987), and Soldier of the Mist (1986), Wolfe presents the human desire for knowledge of the Self and of God and the near-impossibility of attaining this knowledge. Wolfe expresses obstacles to knowledge and fulfilment in his created fictional worlds, in the characters of his protagonists, and in the complicated narrative structures that distinguish all three texts. By converting the stable and reassuring world of conventional Science Fiction into a realm of uncertainty, ambiguity, and spiritual and cognitive confusion, Wolfe radically subverts the genre and exposes it to a new subtlety and flexibility.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGevers, N. D. (1991). <i>A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21971en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGevers, Nicholas David. <i>"A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21971en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGevers, N. 1991. A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Gevers, Nicholas David AB - This thesis examines three major works by the American Science Fiction and Fantasy writer Gene Wolfe (Eugene Rodman Wolfe, 1931-). The central argument of this thesis is that in The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972), the 'New Sun' cycle of novels (1980- 1987), and Soldier of the Mist (1986), Wolfe presents the human desire for knowledge of the Self and of God and the near-impossibility of attaining this knowledge. Wolfe expresses obstacles to knowledge and fulfilment in his created fictional worlds, in the characters of his protagonists, and in the complicated narrative structures that distinguish all three texts. By converting the stable and reassuring world of conventional Science Fiction into a realm of uncertainty, ambiguity, and spiritual and cognitive confusion, Wolfe radically subverts the genre and exposes it to a new subtlety and flexibility. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe TI - A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21971 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21971
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGevers ND. A study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfe. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21971en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.subject.otherScience Fictionen_ZA
dc.titleA study of the major science fiction works of Gene Wolfeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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