Apocalyptic Transformation

Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination

Autor: Elizabeth K. Rosen

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Since its inception, the story of the apocalypse has been used as a means by which to understand the...

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Autor

Elizabeth K. Rosen

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2008

Pagini

240

EAN

9780739117903

ISBN

0739117904

Enbook ID

04668738

Editura

Lexington Books

Greutate

481

Dimensiuni

161 x 240 x 22

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Since its inception, the story of the apocalypse has been used as a means by which to understand the world and one's place in it. The appeal of the apocalyptic myth is largely rooted in its ability to make sense of instances of crisis by incorporating those crises into a larger plan for history and an end of time that God has planned. Apocalypse is both an organizing principle to be imposed on an overwhelming, seemingly-disordered universe and a fundamentally moral story which offers hope of a new world where good and evil can be clearly delineated and addressed. But all of the traditional functions and comforts of the apocalyptic myth are challenged when the myth collides with postmodernism. The characteristics that define a work as postmodern ultimately destabilize the traits that make the apocalyptic myth unique. Using the work of Terry Gilliam, Don DeLillo, Kurt Vonnegut, and other writers in the genre, Apocalyptic Transformation examines the collision of the postmodern mode and the apocalyptic myth, explores the process of secularizing this religious story and the reasons for doing so, and asks the question: What happens when an author undermines the grand narrative of the apocalypse?

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