Framing the Recalcitrance of Mavis Gallant’s ‘The Wedding Ring’
On dirait que la littérature passe où l’expertise trouve un obstacle.(Michel Serres)Many of Mavis Gallant’s short stories challenge the reader by setting up a tension between elegant clarity and tantalizing opacity. When shown the tip of the iceberg, we have to imagine the submerged bulk, puzzling...
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| Xuất bản năm: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Tóm tắt: | On dirait que la littérature passe où l’expertise trouve un obstacle.(Michel Serres)Many of Mavis Gallant’s short stories challenge the reader by setting up a tension between elegant clarity and tantalizing opacity. When shown the tip of the iceberg, we have to imagine the submerged bulk, puzzling about what has been left out and figuring out the untold from the told. Although ‘The Wedding Ring’ is short, apparently uneventful, and not obviously ironic, it is one of the early stories which r... |
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