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After the end of the line apocalypse, post- and proto- in Russian science fiction since Perestroika /Fouts, Jordan Nathaniel. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.). / Written for the Dept. of Russian and Slavic Studies. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2007/08/29). Includes bibliographical references.
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Symptomatic of excess apocalypse in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut /Robinson, Katie Elizabeth. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Liberty University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Hollow at the core apocalyptic visions in Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness and T.S. Eliot's The waste land /Cook, Corina K. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2002. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2842. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves 1-2. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-86).
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American apocalypse race and revelation in American literature, 1919-1939 /Griffin, Jared Andrew. January 2009 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Christian University, 2009. / Title from dissertation title page (viewed Mar. 22, 2010). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Apocalypse then and now : contemporary narratives of environmental extinction /Lutz, Michael Dieter. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2001 / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-245). Also available via World Wide Web.
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Uncovering the apocalypse : narratives of collapse and transformation in the 21st century Fin de SiècleCarstens, Johannes Petrus (Delphi) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the idea of apocalypse through the lens of science fiction (sf) written during the
current fin de siècle period. I have dated this epoch, known as the information era, as starting in 1980 with the
advent of personal computing and ending in approximately 2020 when the functional limits of silicon-based
digital manufacturing and production are expected to be reached. By surveying the field of contemporary sf, I
identify certain trends and subgenres that relate to particular aspects of apocalyptic thought, namely,
conceptions of the ‘terror of history,’ the sublimity of accelerated techno-scientific advance, the ‘affective turn’
in media-culture and posthuman philosophy. My principal method of inquiry into how the apocalypse is
imagined or ‘figured’ in sf is the concept of hyperstition – a neologism (combining the words ‘hyper’ and
‘superstition’) coined by the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU). Hyperstition describes an aesthetic
response whereby cultural fictions – principally, ideas relating to apocalypse – are imagined as transmuting into
material realities. I begin by scrutinizing two posthumanist works of theory-fiction (theory written in the mode
of sf) by the CCRU and 0rphan Drift which anticipate immanent human extinction and imagine the inception of
a new evolutionary cycle of machine-augmented evolution This sensibility is premised on the sociallydestabilising
cycles of exponential growth that characterise information-era technological developments,
particularly in the digital industries, as well as the accelerated human impact on the natural environment. Central
to my argument is the romantic materialist philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and their concepts of
accelerationism, schizoanalysis and Bodies without Organs (BwO’s). Their ontology is constructed around the
idea that exponential rates of development necessitate a new aesthetic paradigm that ventures beyond
philosophies of human access. The narrative of apocalypse, approached from this perspective, can be interpreted
in catastrophic or anastrophic terms; either as a permanent ending or as the beginning of something radically
new. Using hyperstition, I also investigate the sf of Russell Hoban, Michael Swanwick, Brian Stableford,
Charles Stross, Dan Simmons, M. John Harrison and Paul McAuley to see not only how these authors interpret
the concept of cultural acceleration, but also to identify common threads. Countering the catastrophic ‘death of
affect’ postulated by theorists such as Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio with the anastrophic rejoinder of
cyberdelic information-era countercultures, I conclude by investigating the new ‘affective turn’ in contemporary
media theory. The works of theoretical fiction and sf that I investigate are informed, as I demonstrate, by the
Situationist techniques of psychogeography, dérive and detournement, as well as by the literary tropes of 18th
and 19th century fin de siècle Gothic and dark Romantic fiction. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif ondersoek die idee van apokalips deur die oogpunt van wetenskap fiksie (wf) soos geskryf
gedurende die huidige ‘fin de siècle’ tydperk. Ek dateer hierdie epog, bekend as die inligtings-era, as die
tydperk wat in 1980 begin met die koms van persoonlike rekenaars en nagenoeg eindig in 2020, wanneer die
funksionele limiete van silikon gebaseerde digitale vervaardiging en produksie na verwagting bereik sal word.
Deur die veld van kontemporêre wf in oënskou te neem, identifiseer ek sekere neigings en sub-genres wat
vergelyk met sekere kenmerke van apokaliptiese denke, naamlik: begrippe soos die ‘verskrikking van
geskiedenis’, die verhewendheid van versnelde tegno-wetenskaplike vooruitgang, die ‘emosionele omkeer’ in
media-kultuur en post-humanistiese filosofie. My primêre metode van ondersoek van hoe die apokalips
voorgestel of ‘beskryf’ kan word in wf, is die begrip van hiper-bygelowigheid - ‘n neologisme (samevoeging
van die woorde ‘hiper’ en ‘bygeloof’) soos geskep deur die Kubernetiese Kultuur Navorsings-Eenheid (KKNE)
en Nick Land, medestigter van die KKNE. Hiper-bygelowigheid beskryf die proses waarvolgens kulturele
versinsels - hoofsaaklik opvattings met betrekking tot apokalips – in materiële realiteite omgeskakel kan word.
Ek ondersoek ek twee post-humanistiese werke van teorie-fiksie (teorie geskryf volgens die wf metode) deur
KKNE en 0rphan Drift, wat inherente menslike uitwissing verwag en die ontstaan van ‘n nuwe evolusionêre
siklus van masjien-toename voorstel. Hierdie proses is gebaseer op die sosiaal-destabiliserende siklus van
eksponensiële groei wat kenmerkend is van die inligtings-era se tegnologiese ontwikkelinge, veral in die digitale
industrie, sowel as versnelde menslike impak op die natuurlike omgewing. Die kern van my beredenering is die
goties-materialisties-teoriese standpunt soos deur Land ingeneem, sowel as die romanties-materialistiese
filosofie van Deleuze en Guattari. Hierdie gevalle van neo-materialistiese (of objek-georiënteerde) filosofië
word toegelig deur ‘n apokalipties-teoretiese basis bekend as akseleerasionisme. Hierdie uitgangspunt is
ontwikkel rondom die idee dat die eksponensiële tempo van ontwikkeling ‘n klimaks sal bereik in ‘n
evolusionêre ‘wipplank punt’ en dat ‘n nuwe estetiese paradigma nodig is wat dit bokant die filosofie van
menslike vermoë kan waag sodat daar oor hierdie waarskynlikheid geteoretiseer kan word. Die beskrywing van
apokalips, soos vanuit hierdie oogpunt beskou, kan vertolk word in beide katastrofiese of anastrofiese terme of
as ‘n permanente einde of as die begin van iets wat radikaal nuut sal wees. Deur gebruik te maak van die
hiperbygelowigheidsteorie, wat ‘n onderafdeling is van akseleerasionisme, ondersoek ek WF van Russell
Hoban, Michael Swanwick, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Dan Simmons, M. John Harrison and Paul
McAuley ten einde vas te stel hoe hierdie skrywers die konsep van kulturele akseleerasie interpreteer, maar ook
om gemeenskaplike leidrade te identifiseer. Met teenargumentering ten opsigte van die katastrofiese ‘dood van affek’ gepostuleer deur teoretici soos Jean Baudrillard en Paul Virillio met die anastrofiese samevoeging van
kuberdeliese inligtings-era-kontra-kulture, ondersoek ek die nuwe ‘gemoedsomkeer’ in kontemporêre mediateorie.
Die werke van teoretiese fiksie, sowel as baie van die ander gevalle van wf wat ek ondersoek en soos
deur my gedemonstreer, word toegelig deur Situasienistiese tegnieke van psigo-geografie, dérive en
detournement, sowel as deur die literêre menigtes van die 19de eeu ‘fin de siècle’ donker Romantiese en Gotiese fiksie.
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Charting the undiscovered country : religious discourses and the articulation of renaissance subjectivity / by Patrick Robert John Niehus.Niehus, Patrick Robert John January 1999 (has links)
Errata pasted onto front end paper. / Bibliography: leaves 345-370. / ix, 370 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Argues that Renaissance notions of identity, inferiority, and alterity are articulated through religious discourse invoked to make sense of death and apocalyptic and eschatological experience. Also argues that Renaissance ways of enunciating subjectivity are varied and often conflicting. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Adelaide University, Dept. of English, 2000?
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Charting the undiscovered country : religious discourses and the articulation of renaissance subjectivity / by Patrick Robert John Niehus.Niehus, Patrick Robert John January 1999 (has links)
Errata pasted onto front end paper. / Bibliography: leaves 345-370. / ix, 370 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Argues that Renaissance notions of identity, inferiority, and alterity are articulated through religious discourse invoked to make sense of death and apocalyptic and eschatological experience. Also argues that Renaissance ways of enunciating subjectivity are varied and often conflicting. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Adelaide University, Dept. of English, 2000?
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Zeitgeist incarnate : a theological interpretation of postapocalyptic zombie fictionBaird, David January 2019 (has links)
This thesis attempts to take seriously the claims made by many postapocalyptic zombie narratives to represent the world as it truly is, analyzing and then assessing the theological value of their depictions of the human predicament. The approach is both formal and what Gary Wolfe calls transmedial, examining the recurring narrative structures and themes of texts across several media and eras as part of 'a popular aesthetic movement and not just a body of works of fiction on similar themes', with special attention given to the films and television of the new millennium. The aim is twofold: to extend the relevance of postapocalyptic zombie fictions beyond the relatively narrow vogue of a cultural moment, and to prompt a richer appreciation of the significance of the Christian faith within contemporary society. To this end, Chapter One contextualizes the complexity of these texts' relationship to Christianity by examining first the most prominent obstacles and then the implicit promise of these texts for theological reflection. It places special emphasis on the interior tension in many of these fictions between, on the one hand, aggressively emphasizing the apparent absence of the supernatural, while on the other, frequently claiming to disclose a dimension of human experience in excess of what can be ordinarily perceived by the senses. Chapters Two and Three extend this analysis to the complex content of what these stories depict. Chapter Two considers the multilayered symbolism of decline in their conspicuous spectacles of disaster, disintegration, and death. Chapter Three examines the countervailing symbolic motifs of residual integrity and regeneration that are exhibited most prominently by characters who attempt to live genuinely human lives in spite of these circumstances. The first half of the thesis concludes by proposing a composite postapocalyptic view of the human predicament, which represents the world as ambiguous, dramatic and quite possibly, although not certainly, absurd. Chapter Four begins the theological reflection upon this kind of postapocalyptic perspective, proposing how such depictions might be illuminated by Christian theological descriptions, particularly the absurd existential circumstances brought about by the original sin. Chapter Five, reciprocally, suggests some of the ways the dramatic images of these texts might enrich theological reflection by eliciting fresh insights into the significance of the central mysteries of Christianity, especially the paradoxical already-and-not-yet of eschatological expectation. The thesis concludes by offering a final evaluation of whether, all told, the world can be truly considered postapocalyptic from a Christian perspective, arguing that although there are significant differences, postapocalyptic fictions and Christianity put forward strikingly similar pictures of the deeply self-conflicted circumstances of the common human predicament.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND THE BIBLE: SELECTING TEXTS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONMichael James Greenan (9719168) 15 December 2020 (has links)
<p>The research in this thesis attempts to select texts from the African American Spirituals and the Bible that are appropriate for secondary language arts instruction, specifically for grades 9-12. The paper first gives an overview of legal justifications and educational reasons for teaching religious literature in public schools. Then, relevant educational standards are discussed, and, using the standards as an initial guide, I identify common themes within the Spirituals and Bible, which, from my analysis of various literatures, are slavery, chosenness, and coded language. Next, I describe my systematic effort to choose texts from the Spirituals and the Bible. To help accomplish this, I draw primarily from two tomes: <i>Go Down Moses: Celebrating the African-American Spiritual</i> and <i>Biblical Literacy: The Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know</i>. After I describe the research process of selecting texts, I form judgments about which biblical passages and African American Spirituals are particularly worthy of study, along with their applicable and mutual themes. </p>
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