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dc.contributor.advisor | Hyman, Roger | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bruce, Barbara S. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:52:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:52:56Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2011-08-18 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1998-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/5932 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 6957 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2172762 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10922 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>The phenomenon of collecting has been a popular metaphor in Canadian literature throughout its history, but particularly in the literature of the last thirty years. However, there has been little corresponding critical attention. In this thesis, I study how the treatment of the collector/collecting/collection nexus in Alibi and The Puppeteer by Robert Kroetsch, a central figure in the (disputed) Canadian postmodernist movement.</p> <p>In the introductory chapter, raise some key issues of the collecting phenomenon, which leads to a discussion of the incorporation of collecting and its issues in texts by Canadian authors. I give a brief reading of collecting in John Richardson's Wacousta, which I suggest is the Ur-novel for collecting in Canadian literature. After Richardson, I turn to Kroetsch and his concept of postmodernism, before proposing to argue that the characters in Alibi and The Puppeteer collect as a means of playing "god." In Chapter One, I give a close reading of the character Deemer, who is the primary figure of the godgame. Chapter Two consists of readings of Deemer's opponents in the game. To conclude the thesis, I discuss the use of collecting in other novels by Kroetsch, and I finish with some general observations on collecting.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | English Language and Literature | en_US |
dc.subject | English Language and Literature | en_US |
dc.title | A Shadowy Godgame: Collectors, Collecting, and Collections in Robert Kroetsch's Alibi and The Puppeteer | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | English | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
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