MAXIMALIST TRAITS IN ZADIE SMITHʼS NOVELS
MAXIMALIST TRAITS IN ZADIE SMITHʼS NOVELS
Author(s): Ofelia TOFAN (married AL-GAREEB)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: contemporary novel; maximalism; encyclopaedism; polyphony; intertextuality
Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to frame Zadie Smithʼs work under the genre of maximalism by identifying the maximalist traits Ŕ length, encyclopaedic mode, dissonant chorality, diegetic exuberance, completeness, narrratorial omniscience, paranoid imagination, intersemioticity, ethical commitment Ŕ in her four novels.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 07
- Page Range: 867-876
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
