dc.contributor.advisor | De Lange, A.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gous, Joané Facqueline | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-03T08:08:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-03T08:08:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9028 | |
dc.description | Thesis (MA (English))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013. | |
dc.description.abstract | In this dissertation I argue that invisible characters, as they appear in Paul Auster’s novels, serve a very specific function within the interpretative framework of a text and that they should be considered to play a functional role, in order to arrive at a more holistic interpretation of the text and a more accurate analysis of said texts. I argue that Auster knowingly includes these characters in his novels as part of his narrative technique, in order for them to serve specific functions and to contribute to the structure of postmodern fiction. I make use of a contextualized close reading of five of Auster’s novels and attempt a hermeneutic interpretation of these novels to arrive at a hermeneutic circle when combining these novels into an integrated whole, individual, work of fiction. Certain parallels can be drawn between Auster’s various novels and these parallels contribute to the various motifs and themes found throughout his work. The importance of space in Auster’s novels is also highlighted with emphasis on liminality which serves as an instigator for transgression to occur between different fictive worlds. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | North-West University | |
dc.subject | Paul Auster | en_US |
dc.subject | Postmodernism | en_US |
dc.subject | Liminality | en_US |
dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
dc.subject | Characterization | en_US |
dc.subject | Metafiction | en_US |
dc.subject | Invisible | en_US |
dc.subject | Silence | en_US |
dc.subject | Focalization | en_US |
dc.subject | Author | en_US |
dc.subject | Reader | en_US |
dc.subject | Time and memory | en_US |
dc.subject | Worlds and space | en_US |
dc.subject | Mystery | en_US |
dc.subject | Games | en_US |
dc.subject | Choices and responsibilities | en_US |
dc.subject | The New York Trilogy | en_US |
dc.subject | In the Country of Last Things | en_US |
dc.subject | Moon Palace | en_US |
dc.subject | The Book of Illusions | en_US |
dc.subject | Travels in the Scriptorium | en_US |
dc.subject | Postmodernisme | en_US |
dc.subject | Liminaliteit | en_US |
dc.subject | Identiteit | en_US |
dc.subject | Karakterisering | en_US |
dc.subject | Metafiksie | en_US |
dc.subject | Onsigbaarheid | en_US |
dc.subject | Stilte | en_US |
dc.subject | Fokalisasie | en_US |
dc.subject | Outeur | en_US |
dc.subject | Leser | en_US |
dc.subject | Wêrelde en ruimte | en_US |
dc.subject | Tyd en geheue | en_US |
dc.subject | Misterie | en_US |
dc.subject | Spel | en_US |
dc.subject | Keuses en verantwoordelikheid | en_US |
dc.title | Paul Auster's representation of invisible characters in selected novels | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.thesistype | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 10064354 - De Lange, Adriaan Michiel (Supervisor) | |