Breaking up the Language? Signs and Names in Alan Warner’s Scotland
In Alan Warner’s first novel, Morvern Callar, the eponymous narrator relates an apparently insignificant detail regarding the hotel in which she celebrates the New Year:On Hogmanay I was at The Kale Onion Hotel. It’s really called The Caledonian Hotel, but the “D” fell off the big sign and they nev...
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Études écossaises
2026
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | In Alan Warner’s first novel, Morvern Callar, the eponymous narrator relates an apparently insignificant detail regarding the hotel in which she celebrates the New Year:On Hogmanay I was at The Kale Onion Hotel. It’s really called The Caledonian Hotel, but the “D” fell off the big sign and they never ever bothered to fix it. (MC, p. 57)Morvern’s renaming of the hotel can, at first, merely be seen as gentle mockery of a hotel which is apparently more a drinking den than prestigious tourist ac... |
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