On Waiting in Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing”
The essay examines three temporalities traversed by Scotty’s parents as their child lies in a coma drifting towards his death. In the first temporal dimension, time is sought to be harnessed to human desire; here the parents’ waiting is purposeful, framed by prediction and expectation whose symboli...
Gardado en:
| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse, |
|---|---|
| Autor Principal: | |
| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
| Publicado: |
Journal of the Short Story in English
2008
|
| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |