Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt

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dc.contributor.authorRogers, Susanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T12:47:58Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T12:47:58Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a period of more than two decades fire is often the means of destruction. My academic training to date has taught me to attempt to account for such observations. I concluded that Murdoch's obsession with the imagery and activity of water and Byatt's with that of fire reflect their awareness that, despite the wide acceptance of the death of the idea of God, humans as individuals and in community still need a religious life - ritual, ceremony, nurture, blessing and a moral order to control the human impulse to destruction.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRogers, S. (2005). <i>Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRogers, Susan. <i>"Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRogers, S. 2005. Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Rogers, Susan AB - The genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a period of more than two decades fire is often the means of destruction. My academic training to date has taught me to attempt to account for such observations. I concluded that Murdoch's obsession with the imagery and activity of water and Byatt's with that of fire reflect their awareness that, despite the wide acceptance of the death of the idea of God, humans as individuals and in community still need a religious life - ritual, ceremony, nurture, blessing and a moral order to control the human impulse to destruction. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt TI - Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRogers S. Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021en_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.otherIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 219-225).en_ZA
dc.titleArt and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatten_ZA
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