Narrative, social myth and reality in contemporary Scottish and Irish women's writing : Kennedy, Lochhead, Bourke, Ni Dhuibhne, and Carr /

This book offers an original interdisciplinary analysis of the relations between myth, identity and social reality, involving elements of narratology theory, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology and social theory, harnessed to support an argument firmly located in the area of literary criticism. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balinisteanu, Tudor
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.
Temas:
1900-2099
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Scottish authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 21st century > History and criticism.
Myth in literature.
Reality in literature.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs écossais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Auteurs irlandais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Mythe dans la littérature.
Réalité dans la littérature.
Literature & literary studies.
Literary theory.
Feminism & feminist theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Irish authors
English literature > Scottish authors
English literature > Women authors
Myth in literature
Reality in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book offers an original interdisciplinary analysis of the relations between myth, identity and social reality, involving elements of narratology theory, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology and social theory, harnessed to support an argument firmly located in the area of literary criticism. This analysis yields a fairly extensive reinterpretation of the concept of myth, which is applied to the examination of the relationship between narrative and social reality as represented in texts by contemporary Scottish and Irish women writers. The main theoretical sources are Mikhail Bakhtin's the.
Notas:Title from e-book title screen (viewed Feb. 2, 2010).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages)
ISBN:9781443816205
1443816205

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