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Sebaldās writing would be greatly impoverished without his use of images. Beginning with
this statement as my starting point, this dissertation will investigate the complicated relationship
between photographs and text in three of W. G. Sebald's narratives: The Emigrants, The Rings of
Saturn and Vertigo. The introductory chapter will establish the research questions and it will provide
a preliminary overview of fundamental issues, which one has to take into account when
approaching Sebald's works. These include the question of memory, the reasons and implications of
using photographs in fiction and the use of black and white images. I will then focus my attention
on the āhybridā and intriguing nature of photography and by relying on Berger, Barthes and
Sontag's works in particular,1 I will be able to enrich the discussion and to provide my critical
insight on the role of photographs in Sebald's works. By considering concepts such as manipulation
and indexicality, I will determine the reasons behind Sebald's use of this medium. A considerable
portion of this work will focus on the analysis of the three books, both separately and combined.
Besides specific thematic issues, the core of this dissertation will be based on the identification of
sylistic devices within the visual apparatus of Sebald's narratives. By investigating Sebald's visual
narratives, I recognized many sequences that generate such stylistic devices. In doing this, I will
shed light on the rhetorical aspect of Sebald's visual apparatus, which represents a new critical
interpretation. By Ź»walkingŹ¼ through Sebald's memories and images, I will also establish
connections between the three works. By using a series of comparative diagrams, I will contribute
to the critical body of work on Sebald's way of organizing both his verbal and visual apparatus.
Thanks to the critical positions that I will display throughout the dissertation and thanks to my focus
on the rhetoric of images, the conclusion will finalize the discussion by providing answers that will
open new direction to Sebald's scholarship.
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Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald The Emigrants The Rings of Saturn Vertigo