Degrees of Transparency in Brian Castro’s Birds of Passage and After China
This essay intends to highlight how Brian Castro’s Birds of Passage (1983) and After China (1992) waver between transparency and opacity. It explores some of the techniques employed – among which a blurring of categories and a questioning of narratorial reliability – in order to create what Roland B...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | This essay intends to highlight how Brian Castro’s Birds of Passage (1983) and After China (1992) waver between transparency and opacity. It explores some of the techniques employed – among which a blurring of categories and a questioning of narratorial reliability – in order to create what Roland Barthes calls a “text of bliss” – one which challenges the limits of language as a means of communication. |
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