Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Following Baudrillard's conceptual and stylistic shift of the mid-70s, this thesis argues that said shift is accounted for by understanding the ontological quandary Baudrillard found himself in after developing a theoretical agonism impossible to divorce from the practice of writing. By tracing the conceptual metamorphoses of key terms including semiotic ambivalence, symbolic… more Full Text: THE AGONY OF WRITING OR AMBIVALENT REVERSAL IN BAUDRILLARD’S STYLISTIC METAMORPHOSES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …