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Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt
The genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a per...
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| description | The genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a period of more than two decades fire is often the means of destruction. My academic training to date has taught me to attempt to account for such observations. I concluded that Murdoch's obsession with the imagery and activity of water and Byatt's with that of fire reflect their awareness that, despite the wide acceptance of the death of the idea of God, humans as individuals and in community still need a religious life - ritual, ceremony, nurture, blessing and a moral order to control the human impulse to destruction. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8021 Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt Rogers, Susan Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-225). The genesis of this thesis was the observation that water played a role in many Murdoch novels as did accounts of the wanton destruction of valuable possessions. Study of the works of AS Byatt revealed a similar interest in the human impulse to destroy and in the Byatt tetralogy published over a period of more than two decades fire is often the means of destruction. My academic training to date has taught me to attempt to account for such observations. I concluded that Murdoch's obsession with the imagery and activity of water and Byatt's with that of fire reflect their awareness that, despite the wide acceptance of the death of the idea of God, humans as individuals and in community still need a religious life - ritual, ceremony, nurture, blessing and a moral order to control the human impulse to destruction. 2014-10-03T12:47:58Z 2014-10-03T12:47:58Z 2005 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-225). Rogers, Susan Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| title_full | Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| title_fullStr | Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| title_short | Art and Destruction : shared philosophies which shape the work of Iris Murdoch and A. S. Byatt |
| title_sort | art and destruction shared philosophies which shape the work of iris murdoch and a s byatt |
| topic | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-225). |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8021 |
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