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Abstract
This thesis offers the first ecocritical reading of the “Deepgate Codex” trilogy by the Scottish writer Alan Campbell: “Scar Nigh”t (2006), “Iron Angel” (2008), and “God of Clocks” (2009). Working from three concepts, L. Buell’s “toxic discourse”, G. Garrard’s trope of apocalypse, and M. Bakhtin’s chronotope, it argues that the environment in the trilogy is an active participant in the plot. Taken together, the three novels trace three stages of environmental change: a man-made toxic environment, its apocalyptic collapse, and an attempt at repair carried out through time.
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