An Owl, a Syzygy and Three Syntheses

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Jochems, Jeroen (2014)

An Owl, a Syzygy and Three Syntheses

Master thesis | Literary Studies (MA)

Through the application of theory developed by Deleuze and Guattari this essay digs into the disruptive potential of the surreal and mythic imagery present in Hedayat's novel 'The Blind Owl'. The whirlpool of time and space in 'The Blind Owl', ensuing from a mixture of linear and cyclic time-frames, allows for a scrutiny of the novel along the lines of (Deleuzian) concepts such as aion and chronos, spiritual and bare repetition and the spiritual automaton.

Author: Jochems, Jeroen

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Comparative Literature and Literary Theory

Supervisors: Boletsi, Maria

ECTS Credits: 20

Language: en

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