The Passing. A metaphoric interpretation of the impermanence of the book

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dc.contributor.advisorIngs, Welby
dc.contributor.advisorSinfield, David
dc.contributor.authorWilczynska, Karol
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-23T21:33:34Z
dc.date.available2012-02-23T21:33:34Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.created2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2012-02-23T21:14:01Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis contemplates a debate. In the 1990s and the early years of this century, a number of theorists, Kernan (1990), Birkerts (2006) and Young (2007) (building on Max Nordau’s fears expressed in 1895), argued that literature was dying and we were witnessing the death not only of the book but also of reading and then‘integrity’ of meaning. In response, this project engages the materiality of the printed book to creatively mourn its perceived passing. In this regard, the thesis considers the passing of the book as an obituary, eulogy, requiem and memorial. However, in doing this, the materiality of the printed book is renominated as an articulate mode of metaphoric expression. Rhetorically, its relevance is reasserted, not as bereavement but as an acknowledgement that the tactility of the book as an evolutionary phenomenon, can engage in unique ways with the construction and communication of meaning. The book’s impermanence is also its evolution.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/3440
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectPassingen_NZ
dc.subjectMetaphoricen_NZ
dc.subjectInterpretationen_NZ
dc.subjectImpermanenceen_NZ
dc.subjectBooken_NZ
dc.subjectMournen_NZ
dc.subjectTactilityen_NZ
dc.subjectObituaryen_NZ
dc.subjectEulogyen_NZ
dc.subjectRequiemen_NZ
dc.subjectMemorialen_NZ
dc.subjectMaterialityen_NZ
dc.subjectTaciten_NZ
dc.subjectHeuristicen_NZ
dc.titleThe Passing. A metaphoric interpretation of the impermanence of the booken_NZ
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Art and Designen_NZ
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