Kazuo Ishiguro and Memory

2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-33718-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teo, Y.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.