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