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Apocalyptic Transformation - Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination (Hardcover)
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Apocalyptic Transformation - Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination (Hardcover)
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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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