Y. Teo

Kazuo Ishiguro and Memory (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An innovative study examining the work of memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's novels. Drawing from Paul Ricoeur's writing on memory, and a number of theorists on mourning, trauma and collective memory, this study introduces a unique conceptual framework that investigates the distinctive and cathartic work of memory that is inherent in Ishiguro's novels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137337191
• Artikelnr.: 72236712

Autorenporträt

Yugin Teo is Associate Tutor in English and Film at the University of Sussex, UK, where he completed his PhD. He has published articles on contemporary literature and film in the journals Critique and Science Fiction Film and Television, as well as his own short fiction and poetry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Memory Work - Forgetting, Testimony and Release PART I: FORGETTING 1. Memory Traces and Fragments of the Past 2. Trauma, Forgetting and Memory PART II: REMEMBERING 3. Recognition and Testimony 4. Nostalgia and Mourning PART III: RELEASE 5. The Search for Meaning and Utopia 6. A Profound and Ethical Forgetting Conclusion: Ishiguro's Work of Memory Notes Bibliography and Further Reading Index