Date of Award
2007
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
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Abstract
'Post' deals with issues regarding the act of reading, writing, and the inevitability of imaginative erasure. Using two distinct, yet fundamentally related, narratives, 'Post' splits the reader's focus between a dysfunctional kid in an unfriendly city, trying to uncover the origins of a mysterious list of addresses, and the creator of said list, a misanthropic collector, who hopes to conceal the absences and injuries of his past by mimicking, and living through, the lives of his others (i.e. people who share his name). By erasing certain facts that contradict their perspectives, and by projecting themselves onto the people/objects/events they investigate, both characters portray the acts of reading and writing as always already flawed pursuits, prompting the reader to question the very means by which he or she processes texts.
Recommended Citation
Murphy, Michael, "Post" (2007). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4682.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/4682