THE POEM THE ANATOMIST BY GRAHAM SWIFT: STORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OR PHILOSOPHY? Cover Image

POEZIA THE ANATOMIST DE GRAHAM SWIFT: POVESTE, CAZ PSIHOLOGIC SAU REFLECȚIE FILOZOFICǍ?
THE POEM THE ANATOMIST BY GRAHAM SWIFT: STORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OR PHILOSOPHY?

Author(s): Irina-Ana Drobot
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: heroism; mortality; free associations;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze Graham Swift’s poem The Anatomist while using, as a main approach, the experiential reader response theory, which will be further detailed using literary analysis, and knowledge of literary features such as experimentalism, mixture of genres, multiple perspectives, references to other texts, and questioning which have been started by Modernism and Postmodernism and then continued further on. Psychoanalytical and psychological theories will also be used when they can explain various experiences of the main character, such as grief work. References to philosophical topics such as death and mortality will be taken into account with respect to the context of modern philosophy.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-63
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English