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(Re-)Writing the End: Apocalyptic Narratives in the Postmodern Novel
Research papers, University of Canterbury Library
This thesis investigates the relationship between the apocalyptic narrative and the postmodern novel. It explores and builds on Patricia Waugh‟s hypothesis in Practising Postmodernism: Reading Modernism (1992) which suggests that that the postmodern is characterised by an apocalyptic sense of crisis, and argues that there is in fact a strong relationship between the apocalyptic and the postmodern. It does so through an exploration of apocalyptic narratives and themes in five postmodern novels. It also draws on additional supporting material which includes literary and cultural theory and criticism, as well as historical theory. In using the novel as a medium through which to explore apocalyptic narratives, this thesis both assumes and affirms the novel‟s importance as a cultural artefact which reflects the concerns of the age in which it is written. I suggest that each of the novels discussed in this thesis demonstrates the close relationship between the apocalyptic and the postmodern through society‟s concern over the direction of history, the validity of meta-narratives, and other cultural phenomenon, such as war, the development of nuclear weaponry, and terrorism. Although the scope of this thesis is largely confined to the historical-cultural epoch known as postmodernity, it also draws on literature and cultural criticism from earlier periods so as to provide a more comprehensive framework for investigating apocalyptic ideas and their importance inside the postmodern novel. A number of modernist writers are therefore referred to or quoted throughout this thesis, as are other important thinkers from preceding periods whose ideas are especially pertinent. The present thesis was researched and written between March 2010 and August 2011 and is dedicated to all of those people who lost their lives in the apocalyptic events of the February 22nd Christchurch earthquake.
Strained Glass Windows - Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral
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Detail of the Christchurch Anglicain Cathedral viewed from a path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square which was opened two weekends ago. This is the first time this section of the city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It will be closed off again after 11 December 2011 for the demolitio...
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0939
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This container is placed vertically against the building and filled with debris - Madras Street".
Best of the Week - 25 February 2011
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 25th February . This week.......we have coverage of the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch on Tuesday 22 Febraury.
Christchurch residents to learn today if they stay or go
Audio, Radio New Zealand
This afternoon the Government will announce its initial package to deal with land badly damaged by earthquakes in Christchurch, including offering a pay out to households who want to take the cash.
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 299
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Detail of spray painted codes on a gate outside a house, left after it had been cleared by a USAR team. This system was used following the February earthquake to mark buildings that have been checked.
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1130
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This brand new digger bucket on Gloucester Street still has the delivery label attached. The label says it weighs 1380kg, about the weight of an average family car".
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1131
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This brand new digger bucket on Gloucester Street still has the delivery label attached. The label says it weighs 1380kg, about the weight of an average family car".
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1256
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "There was a medical training course in progress in the Hotel Grand Chancellor on February 22 using mannequins and resuscitation equipment. This is one example".
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1255
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "There was a medical training course in progress in the Hotel Grand Chancellor on February 22 using mannequins and resuscitation equipment. This is one example".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 470
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 469
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 214
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The construction of this window frame at Cranmer Court is clearly seen when the exterior stone has collapsed in the earthquake".
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 617
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Cathedral in the lower centre of this picture".
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 223
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "23 Seabreeze Close, Bexley. Look at the angles in this doorway and the pile of silt".
BeckerFraserPhotos September 2011 photograph 433
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Even the portaloos were supporting the All Blacks during the Rugby World Cup. This one was seen in Breezes Road, Aranui".
BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0880
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "90 Armagh Street - this building and the Victoria Square Apartments next door (on the left) are leaning in opposite directions because of liquefaction".
BeckerFraserPhotos June 2011 photograph 373
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Workers inspecting the badly damaged Redcliffs Scout Hall. Large concrete slabs have fallen inwards from one wall. The photographer comments, "This building was badly damaged in the February quake but now close to collapse".
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 103
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view looking west down Lichfield Street. Here you can see quite a lot of damage occurred in this area from the June 13 earthquake".
Photograph of Gap Filler project 5 (9)
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Members of the public spray-painting words and pictures on furniture. This is part of the Words of Hope project, designed and built by students from CPIT.
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 128
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A window protector mounted on a building on the south-west corner of Lichfield and Manchester Streets. This is all that remains of 116 Lichfield Street".
BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 079
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This mannequin is one of several that move around the CBD appearing in a diverse range of places, here on the monster digger in Hereford Street".
Do You Think It's Hungry?
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A vehicle parked beside a broken streetlight in Parklands. The photographer comments, "This street light was shaken apart during the one of the double earthquakes on 23 December".
Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (7)
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Students from the University of Canterbury preparing a demolished building site in Sydenham. This is where Gap Filler's Community Chess Board is to be built.
BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 087
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Kingsford Street. Look at the number of Port-a-loos and the tanks for emptying chemical toilets in this street".
BeckerFraserPhotos November 2011 photograph 291
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Pasfield Home, 180 Kingsford Street, Horseshoe Lake. This family have reached settlement on their Horseshoe Lake home and purchased elsewhere".
Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 368
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Detail of scaffolding in front of a damaged building, viewed from the side. This building housed Satchmo Hairdressing on Victoria Street. The street has been cordoned off with Police and Army personnel guarding the entrace.
BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 471
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This is a very high tide in the Avon River, but shows how the danger of flooding has increased".
BeckerFraserPhotos December 2011 photograph 0095
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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Moira Fraser shows how this house on Moncrieff Place has sunk by the ease at which she can touch the downpipes".
Photographs of Gap Filler project 10 (8)
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Students from the University of Canterbury preparing a demolished building site in Sydenham. This is where Gap Filler's Community Chess Board is to be built.