Constructing Reality

Is Lily-Julie just a projection of Nicholas's own desires? Is reality just a projection of our own ideas? The former is one of the central questions in John Fowles's novel The Magus; the latter is the nucleus of constructivism. This study traces constructivist ideas and their transformation into narrative in The Magus. For long before constructivist theories were put forth, John Fowles confronts both the protagonist of his novel and the reader with the central constructivist theme: the construction of reality.

Autorentext
The Author: Barbara Rommerskirchen was born in Kempen, Germany, in 1972. She studied at the Universities of Bonn and Muenster, and at the Rheinisch Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen. From 1995 to 1996 she worked as a language assistant in Peterborough, England. In 1999 she graduated with a teacher certification and a Master of Arts in English and German from the RWTH Aachen.

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Contents: Constructivist theory - Construction of reality in The Magus - Fiction and reality - Constructivist concepts transformed into narrative.