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In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/107819 In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz Bam, Otto Erich Murray, Sally-Ann Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of English. Memory in literature Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Austerlitz (Novel) Dusk as metaphor Space and time in literature Civilization, Modern Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2020. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study I investigate the critical potential inherent in dusk, a motif that functions as the predominant temporal setting of W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz. My aim is to explore how this pervasive literary device effects a spatialisation of time, and to explore this as a metaphorical entry point into an investigation of the novel’s stance towards modernity. I proceed to unpack the role of walking, which functions as a means to subvert the jarring severance from the past that marks the modern experience. By means of the digression and the non-linearity inherent in walking, the characters in Austerlitz collect individual stories in ways that affirm the locality and singularity of individual lives while, simultaneously, implicating them, through the blurring of boundaries associated with dusk, in a collective vision of history as calamity. AFRIKAANE OPSOMMING: In hierdie studie ondersoek ek die skemer motief in W.G. Sebald se Austerlitz. Ek ontleed die manier waarop skemer dien as ’n deurlopende ruimtelike-tydseffek in die roman en die potensiaal daarvan as ’n metaforiese toetrede tot 'n ondersoek van die roman se posisie ten opsigte van moderniteit. Ek gaan voort om die rol van wandeling te ontleed, en wys uit dat beweging op straatvlak dien as ’n manier om die skeiding van die hede van die verlede, wat die moderne wêreld karakteriseer, te ondermyn. Deur middel van die afwyking en nie-lineariteit, wat inherent is aan wandel, versamel die karakters in Austerlitz stories op maniere wat die ligging en enkelvoud van individuele lewens beklemtoon. Terselfdertyd word hierdie stories impliseer, as gevolge die vervaging van grense wat met skemer verband hou, in 'n verenigde visie van die geskiedenis as rampspoed. Masters 2020-02-11T07:27:49Z 2020-04-28T12:04:53Z 2020-02-11T07:27:49Z 2020-04-28T12:04:53Z 2020-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107819 en Stellenbosch University 123 leaves : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Memory in literature Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Austerlitz (Novel) Dusk as metaphor Space and time in literature Civilization, Modern Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction UCTD Bam, Otto Erich In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title | In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title_full | In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title_fullStr | In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title_full_unstemmed | In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title_short | In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz |
| title_sort | in that gathering dusk wonder horror and the transitory pedestrianism of austerlitz |
| topic | Memory in literature Sebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001. Austerlitz (Novel) Dusk as metaphor Space and time in literature Civilization, Modern Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107819 |
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