SATIRE AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN JONATHAN COE’S “WHAT A CARVE UP!”
SATIRE AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN JONATHAN COE’S “WHAT A CARVE UP!”
Author(s): Andreea Daniela ȚacuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: identity; Jonathan Coe; liminality; Otherness; satire;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is intended to provide an analysis on the relationship between satire and identity in Jonathan Coe’s contemporary British satire What a Carve Up! (1994), focusing on the mechanisms of satire that the writer has employed and exploring the way in which they contribute to the construction of social and individual identities. The analysis will concentrate on the relationship between the Self and the Other, starting from the assumption that the process of constructing one’s identity also involves the surrender to the Other. Furthermore, it will follow the three stages of liminality, exploring more thoroughly the second stage: the liminal phase.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 611-617
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English