The memory altar
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mason, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wessels, Paul | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alexander-McKenna, Hilary Jane | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-04T07:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 7/4/2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | My thesis is a novella that casts a sideways glance at the real world that at times seems stranger than fiction. The novella is written as a work of realistic fiction, with a plot, characters, timelines and location placed in present time, reflecting real current events. My work is strongly influenced by writers such as Ivan Vladislavić whose Portrait with Keys uses a slice of life narrative voice that observes overlays of public and private realities; Marguerite Duras' use of cinematic storytelling and deeply personal exposure in The Lover and Yann Andréa Steiner; Kate Zambreno's depiction of inner chaos against the chaos of an anonymous city in Green Girl; Otessa Moshfegh who makes the minutiae of the day-to-day seem significant in My Year of Rest and Relaxation; and Samuel Beckett's finely crafted streams of consciousness, in his works of prose and drama, revealing the intimate perspectives of insiders. | |
| dc.description.degree | Master's thesis | |
| dc.description.degree | MA | |
| dc.format.extent | 189 pages | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/263533 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://researchrepository.ru.ac.za/handle/123456789/4908 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | Rhodes University, Faculty of Humanities, School of Languages and Literatures | |
| dc.rights | Alexander-McKenna, Hilary Jane | |
| dc.subject | Creative writing (Higher education) -- South Africa | |
| dc.subject | Diaries -- Authorship | |
| dc.subject | South African fiction (English) 21st century | |
| dc.subject | South African essays (English) 21st century | |
| dc.subject | South African essays (English) History and criticism | |
| dc.subject | South African fiction (English) History and criticism | |
| dc.subject | Yuknavitch, Lidia Criticism and interpretation | |
| dc.subject | American fiction Criticism and interpretation | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 (Disease) in literature | |
| dc.title | The memory altar | |
| dc.type | Academic thesis |
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