A subversive version of Noah´s Ark : A History of the world in 10 ½ chapters [PDF]
, 2014 Barnes’ A History of the World in ½ Chapters constructs an unconventional approach to history from the very beginning. The non-traditional narrative structure differs from the chronological narrative typical of history books, since this novelist´s ...
Serrano, Graciela
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Transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural StudiesModern novels opposed power structures by struggling for personal autonomy, leading to alienation of the individual from society. However, this kind of alienation was insufficient to oppose power structures in postmodernism.
Sharanya DG
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Revisiting The Mahabharata: Draupadi’s voice in Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions [PDF]
Cultural Intertexts, 2015 This paper attempts to read Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel The Palace of Illusions as a feminist interpretation of the Indian epic The Mahabharata.
Smriti SINGH
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E-REA, 2016 In the first half of the 19th century, George Augustus Robinson’s journals, which he had written after being officially appointed Protector of the Aborigines, show the growing interest in Indigenous populations, from the very first voyages of discovery ...
Laura SINGEOT
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Ekphrastic Historiographic Metafiction – Enfolding Word, Image and History
Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature, 2020 <p><em>T</em>he purpose of this paper is to provide a dynamic model of ekphrasis which can be used to interpret literary works that refer to, and thus, represent works of art. The paper will also show how ekphrasis as a fold collaborates with historiographic metafiction in ekphrastic historiographic metafiction. Theoretical reflection
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Bringing the past to heel: History, identity and violence in Ian McEwan's Black Dogs [PDF]
, 2007 Ian McEwan's 1992 novel Black Dogs employs postmodern understandings of history while also critiquing these same perspectives. In particular, by depicting the efforts of its protagonist, Jeremy, to write a memoir of his parents-in-law, it draws attention
Müller-Wood, Anja, Wood, J. Carter
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The Myth of Certainty and the Matrix of Uncertainty: Five Contemporary Australian Novels Confront History [PDF]
, 2021 The intersection of postcolonialism and historiographic metafiction can be seen in novels written over the last several decades by British and Antipodean authors concerning the British colonial era in Australia and its aftermath.
Nesbitt, Charles Scott
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Istorijos ir istorijų kūrimas Grahamo Swifto romane Vandens žemė | The Creation of History and Stories in Graham Swift’s Novel Waterland [PDF]
Literatūra (Vilnius), 2004 The article focuses on the issue of history as narrative in Graham Swift’s novel Waterland, drawing on Roland Barthes’s theory of the discourse of history as well as on Hayden White’s claim that historical narratives are invented verbal fictions.
Regina Rudaitytė
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In a Queer Gothic Space and Time: Love Triangles in Jeanette Winterson’s The Daylight Gate
Altre Modernità, 2015 In her work, Jeanette Winterson consistently shows an interest in history and the way in which it has been transmitted through generations. In particular, she attempts to fill in the gaps of historical representation by shedding light on those identities
Silvia Antosa
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Conspiracy and Betrayal in the Shade of McCarthy's America: Philip Roth's / Married a Communist [PDF]
, 2011 La novela de Philip Roth I Married a Communist ilustra el periodo político dirigido por el senador McCarthy a través de la historia de Ira Ringold. Roth utiliza uno de los periodos más controvertidos de Estados Unidos para crear una trama basada en la ...
Arce, María Laura
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