Mobilities of presence : the motifs of time and history in the novels of Peter Ackroyd

Baker, Hendia

dc.contributor.advisor	Ryan, P. D.
dc.contributor.author	Baker, Hendia
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-23T04:24:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-23T04:24:41Z
dc.date.issued	1992-11
dc.identifier.citation	Baker, Hendia (1992) Mobilities of presence : the motifs of time and history in the novels of Peter Ackroyd, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18038>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18038
dc.description.abstract	After a brief contextualisation, time and history are examined in Ackroyd's novels. Chapter 1 examines postmodernism. Chapter 2 explores history perceived as fact and as construct. Chapter 3 investigates the dissolution of the distinction between history and fiction. Chapter 4 analyses the development of 'originality' and the futile search for origin. Chapter 5 examines the interchangeability of fiction and reality. Chapter 6 studies theories on time, focusing on Einstein's theory of relativity. Chapter 7 analyses the coexistence of the past and present, and the relativity of time. Chapter 8 scrutinises the myth of 'mobilities of presence', which facilitates rejuvenation. Chapter 9 considers the relation between time and space necessary for rejuvenation. Chapter 10 looks at simultaneity and the eternal present. It is clear that Ackroyd explores the mobilities of presence of historical and fictional characters, objects, and texts, thus showing that time is a web of simultaneously existing present moments.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject.ddc	823.914
dc.subject.lcsh	Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation	en
dc.subject.lcsh	History in literature	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Time in literature	en
dc.title	Mobilities of presence : the motifs of time and history in the novels of Peter Ackroyd	en
dc.type	Dissertation
dc.description.department	English Studies
dc.description.degree	M.A. (English)