The transformation of reality through art

This essay seeks to map the transformative role of art and language in the representation of reality. Due to the fleeting nature of language and its meaning, reality is provisional and transient; hence language is able to reimagine reality, providing varied perspectives of everything. Because of the...

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Main Author:	Stephanie Ismail Sheriff
Other Authors:	Cornelius Anthony Murphy
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	DRNTU::Humanities::Language::English
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65625
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-656252019-12-10T14:31:53Z The transformation of reality through art Stephanie Ismail Sheriff Cornelius Anthony Murphy School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Language::English This essay seeks to map the transformative role of art and language in the representation of reality. Due to the fleeting nature of language and its meaning, reality is provisional and transient; hence language is able to reimagine reality, providing varied perspectives of everything. Because of the ephemerality of language the notion of factual reality becomes unimportant, and is disregarded, as language is able to invent reality. My argument will focus on the inventive power of language and art, and how they represent, reimagine and invent reality in John Banville’s, The Sea. Bachelor of Arts 2015-11-25T08:52:19Z 2015-11-25T08:52:19Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65625 en Nanyang Technological University 34 p. application/pdf
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The transformation of reality through art

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