Fantasy or Anti-Fantasy: Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro «The Buried Giant»

Stable motifs of formula literature in Ishiguro’s novel undergo degeneration, as a result of which recognizable characters and topos of fantasy lose their sacred meaning: they reveal a profane or demonic status. The plot is based on an aimless ring quest, the structure of which is determined by the...

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Main Author: Olga M. Smirnova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sourthern Federal University 2019-12-01
Series:Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki
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Online Access:https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1377