SUB ROSA DICTUM: A ROSE FOR EMILY, SOMETHING SPECIAL, WILD SWANS. THE TACIT INTERTEXUALITY OF LOVE DISCOURSE.
SUB ROSA DICTUM: A ROSE FOR EMILY, SOMETHING SPECIAL, WILD SWANS. THE TACIT INTERTEXUALITY OF LOVE DISCOURSE.
Author(s): Natalia GoncharovaSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: basic Indo-European myth; chronology; epiphany; short story; rose; "squaring the circle";
Summary/Abstract: Wild Swans by Alice Munro, Something Special by Iris Murdoch, and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, share a metaphorical system built around the rose. Its conceptual area includes supportive imagery that falls squarely into the scheme of the basic Indo-European myth about the fight between the Thunder god and the Devil, aimed at completing the task of “squaring the circle”, a human effort to become divine. Each of the female protagonists - Emily, Yvonne, and Rose - is identified with the rose as the principle of life, their epiphany both triumph and defeat. The method employed to iconically capture the Thunder god's victory is reverse chronology.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 53-68
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English