Series | Studi e ricerche
Edited book | Tales of Unfulfilled Times
Chapter | L’Orfeo di Jonathan Coe, tra postmodernismo e impegno
L’Orfeo di Jonathan Coe, tra postmodernismo e impegno
Abstract
First published in 1994, Jonathan Coe’s novel What a carve up!, on the one hand, deals with some of the most characteristic features of Postmodernism, such as the employment of multiple narrative styles, different perspectives, first- and third-person narrative voices, a highly fragmented timeline. On the other hand, it presents a socially engaged attitude that is generally not considered to be a distinctive trait of that period. Moreover, the character of Micheal Owen and his development through the story can profitably be analyzed suggesting a correlation between his figure and the mythological one of Orpheus.
Submitted: March 30, 2017 | Language: it
Keywords Postmodernism • Orpheus • Contemporary British Literature • Jonathan Coe
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