In that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitz

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dc.contributor.advisorMurray, Sally-Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBam, Otto Erichen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of English.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-11T07:27:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-28T12:04:53Z
dc.date.available2020-02-11T07:27:49Z
dc.date.available2020-04-28T12:04:53Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2020.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH 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.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANE 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.af_ZA
dc.description.versionMastersen_ZA
dc.format.extent123 leaves : illustrations
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107819
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectMemory in literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectSebald, W. G. (Winfried Georg), 1944-2001.en_ZA
dc.subjectAusterlitz (Novel)en_ZA
dc.subjectDusk as metaphoren_ZA
dc.subjectSpace and time in literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectCivilization, Modernen_ZA
dc.subjectHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fictionen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleIn that gathering dusk – wonder, horror, and the transitory pedestrianism of Austerlitzen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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