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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1991
Description
The individual's search for absolute order and meaning within a chaotic universe is an important theme in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut. In Sirens of Titan, Malachi Constant unwillingly undertakes this futile quest and is consequently victimized, philosophically and psychologically, by various agents and symbols of chaos. After spiraling outward into the chaotic cosmos, his simplistic beliefs revealed to be illusion, Malachi spirals back to himself and to Earth, literally and figuratively, only to confront the illusions within. In addition, the form of Sirens of Titan can be seen as a metaphor for meaninglessness, mirroring and echoing Malachi Constant's and the reader's absurd call for clarity within chaos.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
59 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
14727
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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Adviser: William Coyle.
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1991.
Date Backup
1991
Date Text
1991
Date Issued (EDTF)
1991
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FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT14727
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
Barney, David Lawrence
Graduate College
Physical Description
59 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
Chaos in Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan"
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Origin Information
1991
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
Chaos in Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan"
Other Title Info
Chaos in Kurt Vonnegut's "Sirens of Titan"