FANTASY ELEMENTS IN GRAHAM SWIFT’S WORKS
FANTASY ELEMENTS IN GRAHAM SWIFT’S WORKS
Author(s): Irina-Ana DrobotSubject(s): Literary Texts, Philology, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: magic realism; monologue; imagination; mourning; fairy-tales;
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the way fantasy elements are introduced in Graham Swift’s works. His short story The Watch and his novel Here We Are may offer examples of genuine magical realist worlds, while Waterland can offer a mixture of magical realism and postmodernism (Ilina and Kurnikova 2019: 62). Out of This World, The Sweetshop Owner and Last Orders show examples of monologues belonging to characters dead at the time the story is told. Wish You Were Here shows an example of retreating in the characters’ inner world. However, in the latter examples, psychological issues take center stage and shape the world of the characters in a certain way.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 510-518
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English