Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea.

This paper discusses how the narrator of John Banville’s “The Sea” engages in ‘worldmaking’ through his creation of a ‘narrative world’ set in his childhood. The paper has four parts which discusses (1) the motivation for engaging in ‘worldmaking’ (2) why did the narrator choose to set his ‘narrativ...

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Main Author: Ong, Selina Kai Li.
Other Authors: Cornelius Anthony Murphy
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48747
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-487472019-12-10T14:33:06Z Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea. Ong, Selina Kai Li. Cornelius Anthony Murphy School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities This paper discusses how the narrator of John Banville’s “The Sea” engages in ‘worldmaking’ through his creation of a ‘narrative world’ set in his childhood. The paper has four parts which discusses (1) the motivation for engaging in ‘worldmaking’ (2) why did the narrator choose to set his ‘narrative world’ in the past (3) the quality of the ‘narrative world’ resembling paintings and films (4) the effects of ‘seeing’ on the narrator in his ‘narrative world’. Bachelor of Arts 2012-05-09T01:54:18Z 2012-05-09T01:54:18Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48747 en Nanyang Technological University 26 p. application/msword application/msword application/pdf
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Ong, Selina Kai Li.
Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea.
description This paper discusses how the narrator of John Banville’s “The Sea” engages in ‘worldmaking’ through his creation of a ‘narrative world’ set in his childhood. The paper has four parts which discusses (1) the motivation for engaging in ‘worldmaking’ (2) why did the narrator choose to set his ‘narrative world’ in the past (3) the quality of the ‘narrative world’ resembling paintings and films (4) the effects of ‘seeing’ on the narrator in his ‘narrative world’.
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title Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea.
title_short Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea.
title_full Beyond representation and reality : 'worldmaking' in John Banville's the sea.
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