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Rushing, Robert Rushing, Robert Blake, Nancy Stenport, Anna Hansen, James Stephan, Matthias J 2016-07-07T21:14:24Z 2016-07-07T21:14:24Z 2018-07-08T09:15:20Z 2016-03-16 2016-05 This dissertation seeks to present a reductive definition of the concept of literary modernism. As such, I identify the metaphor of the postmodern structure of consciousness, as the best tool by which to both identify and understand postmodernism in its literary expression. This is done through an analysis of epistemological and ontological questions, considered specifically in the genre fiction categories of detective fiction and science fiction respectively. Those genres were specifically chosen as they best exemplify texts which have epistemological and ontological dominants, and through an analysis of the genres themselves, and their inherent structures, I argue that one can see how the postmodern structure of consciousness comes to serve as the best means by which to understand our contemporary society. Through the structural nature of this understanding that I see this as reflective of a postmodern understanding of society, I argue that postmodernism allows for the change sought after within society as currently constructed, and this project identifies the structural means by which such change can come about. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01 The student, Matthias Stephan, accepted the attached license on 2016-03-15 at 09:42. The student, Matthias Stephan, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-03-15 at 09:46. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-03-16 at 09:51. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9105 on 2016-07-07 at 14:16:16 Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T21:14:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 STEPHAN-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf: 1311941 bytes, checksum: 9d56c83544a6e63e70a11524ea7413c5 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4213 bytes, checksum: 288365e67f033689976af1a1d28886e6 (MD5) PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt: 4559 bytes, checksum: 9daf6e0f4f7312f8b06767b31c73b92b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-16 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93226 Lift date: 2018-07-07T21:14:52Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 93226 Lift date: 2018-07-07T21:18:16Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Limited Restriction Lifted for Item 93226 on 2018-07-08T09:15:20Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90872 en Copyright 2016 Matthias Stephan Postmodernism Structure Detective Fiction Science Fiction Postmodern Novel Postmodern Theory The postmodern structure of consciousness text text Comparative & World Literature Comparative Literature University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.