Narration and historiography in McEwan's selected novels

Abstract: As we saw in these three novels rewriting history may bring change of perspective, ideology and moral awakening for the reader. Linearity of history is challenged through depicting fragmented and multi-voiced personal histories. Historical traumas, although painful, bring an opportunity for revision and correction of our deeds. Without them human beings become complacent and immoral. For McEwan, writing about historical traumas is a solution to make historical traumas unforgettable and reminded to help us deal with our present situation which is vulnerable, violent and traumalogical. In these novels, self-reflection and self-transformation happens through writing about history

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 51 ; 42-56

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2015
Urheber
Sedaghat, Maryam

DOI
10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.51.42
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072416585807711527
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Sedaghat, Maryam

Entstanden

  • 2015

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