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The end of history in English historiographic metafiction

open access: yes, 2011
The main task in this thesis is to define the relationship between the philosophical concept of “the end of history” and postmodernist understanding and critique of history in English “historiographic metafiction”. I consider the end of history both as an important feature of postmodern culture and a suitable topic through which contemporary fiction ...
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Critiquing Metanarratives through Historiographic Metafiction in Graham Swift’s Last Orders

open access: yesSCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities
Graham Swift’s Last Orders, a novel set in late twentieth-century England, explores postmodern tensions surrounding history and mortality by primarily focusing on the personal narratives of four working-class men—Ray, Vic, Lenny, and Vince—in the aftermath of Jack Dodds’s death.
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