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MODALITATEA EPISTEMICĂ ÎN POSTMODERNISM (POEZIA MARIANEI MARIN)*
Epistemic modality in postmodernism (Mariana Marin’s poems).

Author(s): Irina Janina Boncea
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: displacement; possible worlds; certainty

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to undertake an analysis of epistemic modality in the postmodernist poetry of Mariana Marin. The first section of the paper sets a few theoretical milestones in the attempt to capture the key features of epistemic modality and, at the same time, approaches modality historically. In the second section, emphasis is set on decomposing epistemic modality in various instances that are to be found under the form of auctorial attitudes and voices in Mariana Marin’s poems. The goal of this approach would be to identify the mechanics behind the multi-facete

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 249-258
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian