"The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow

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dc.contributor.advisorMarx, Lesleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHousdon, Bethen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-01T12:27:50Z
dc.date.available2015-01-01T12:27:50Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 135-143).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation considers the manner in which the thematic and stylistic interests displayed in E. L. Doctorow's fiction derive from the postmodern context in which he works. Encapsulating the spirit of subversion so typical of postmodernism, Doctorow not only questions established modes of perception, but reinvigorates cultural and social traditions through the reformulation of customarily unchallenged norms and values. Departing from the conventions of traditional narrative, he emphasises the need for a continual critical interrogation and revision of absolutist grand narratives in order to achieve a more complex understanding of human experience. He grapples with concepts relating to the fluidity of meaning and the constructed nature of texts, deftly experimenting with narrative form in order to destabilise conventional perceptions of history, reality and representation.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHousdon, B. (2008). <i>"The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10819en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHousdon, Beth. <i>""The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10819en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHousdon, B. 2008. "The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Housdon, Beth AB - This dissertation considers the manner in which the thematic and stylistic interests displayed in E. L. Doctorow's fiction derive from the postmodern context in which he works. Encapsulating the spirit of subversion so typical of postmodernism, Doctorow not only questions established modes of perception, but reinvigorates cultural and social traditions through the reformulation of customarily unchallenged norms and values. Departing from the conventions of traditional narrative, he emphasises the need for a continual critical interrogation and revision of absolutist grand narratives in order to achieve a more complex understanding of human experience. He grapples with concepts relating to the fluidity of meaning and the constructed nature of texts, deftly experimenting with narrative form in order to destabilise conventional perceptions of history, reality and representation. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - "The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow TI - "The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10819 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHousdon B. "The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorow. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10819en_ZA
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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.title"The whole world in a book" : fact, fiction and the postmodern in Selected Works by E. L. Doctorowen_ZA
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