The Spectral Return of Depths in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled
The Unconsoled had a mixed reception, possibly because of the baffling narrative mode (‘oneiric realism’) which draws upon modernist strategies to indict the postmodernist rejection of depths (on the psychic plane) and community (on the social plane). However, through the chinks in the schizoid narr...
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | The Unconsoled had a mixed reception, possibly because of the baffling narrative mode (‘oneiric realism’) which draws upon modernist strategies to indict the postmodernist rejection of depths (on the psychic plane) and community (on the social plane). However, through the chinks in the schizoid narrative, a post-colonial alternative (ethical and aesthetic) can be discerned for postmodernity’s alleged spiritual predicament. |
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