From subject to device, history as myth in action : the evolution of event from mythic processes as revealed in Waterfront Dispute fiction

Matthewson, Claire C.

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From subject to device, history as myth in action : the evolution of event from mythic processes as revealed in Waterfront Dispute fiction

Matthewson, Claire C.

Cite this item: Matthewson, C. C. (1986). From subject to device, history as myth in action : the evolution of event from mythic processes as revealed in Waterfront Dispute fiction (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7299

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Date: 1986

Advisor: Francis, Lynnsay

Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Discipline: English

Publisher: University of Otago

Research Type: Thesis

Abstract:

This analysis of selected New Zealand works defends the evolving function of history as fiction-material. It is intended to establish that purpose and treatment alter, as time further separates the writing and the event. The general change is one of development from subject to device properties.

In tracing history's evolving role and treatment in fiction, analysis identifies history's eventual source - shown, in fiction, to be mythic and subjectively conceptual.

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