| Titre : | Exploring Metamodernism in Apartheid Literature : Case Study: The Promise (2021) by Damon Galgut | | Type de document : | texte manuscrit | | Auteurs : | Elkhalil Mohamed Zidi, Auteur ; Amira Wafa Nouioua, Directeur de thèse | | Editeur : | Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English | | Année de publication : | 2023 | | Accompagnement : | 1 disque optique numérique (CD-ROM) | | Langues : | Anglais | | Catégories : | THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise
| | Mots-clés : | Exploring Metamodernism Apartheid Literature | | Résumé : | Many researchers, such as Linda Hutcheon, have reported a noticeable change in many aspects
of contemporary art, architecture, and literature that goes beyond the deconstruction and irony
of postmodernism. The term Metamodernism was suggested to theorize this post-postmodern
phenomenon. In this light, this dissertation aims to explore this metamodernist trend in
apartheid literature, more particularly, in Damon Galgut’s The Promise (2021) as a case study.
To achieve this goal, it takes a qualitative approach in which descriptive analytical methods are
used in order to analyse the themes and the stylistic techniques of the novel. This study
concludes that the themes of the novel, such as death, history and morality as well as the stylistic
techniques, such as post-irony, multiple narrators and intertextuality, demonstrate the return to
some modern traditions, like that of authenticity and engagement, however without the total
demise of postmodern scepticism. This resonates with metamodernism that is characterised by
an oscillation between optimism and sincerity of modernism and scepticism and irony of
postmodernism. Thus, this novel includes both of modern and postmodern features, and
surpasses both of them. | | note de thèses : | Literature and Civilisation |
Exploring Metamodernism in Apartheid Literature : Case Study: The Promise (2021) by Damon Galgut [texte manuscrit] / Elkhalil Mohamed Zidi, Auteur ; Amira Wafa Nouioua, Directeur de thèse . - Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English, 2023 . - + 1 disque optique numérique (CD-ROM). Langues : Anglais | Catégories : | THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise
| | Mots-clés : | Exploring Metamodernism Apartheid Literature | | Résumé : | Many researchers, such as Linda Hutcheon, have reported a noticeable change in many aspects
of contemporary art, architecture, and literature that goes beyond the deconstruction and irony
of postmodernism. The term Metamodernism was suggested to theorize this post-postmodern
phenomenon. In this light, this dissertation aims to explore this metamodernist trend in
apartheid literature, more particularly, in Damon Galgut’s The Promise (2021) as a case study.
To achieve this goal, it takes a qualitative approach in which descriptive analytical methods are
used in order to analyse the themes and the stylistic techniques of the novel. This study
concludes that the themes of the novel, such as death, history and morality as well as the stylistic
techniques, such as post-irony, multiple narrators and intertextuality, demonstrate the return to
some modern traditions, like that of authenticity and engagement, however without the total
demise of postmodern scepticism. This resonates with metamodernism that is characterised by
an oscillation between optimism and sincerity of modernism and scepticism and irony of
postmodernism. Thus, this novel includes both of modern and postmodern features, and
surpasses both of them. | | note de thèses : | Literature and Civilisation |
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