Reflections of Englishness and national identity in Julian Barnes' England, England: a case of broken mirrors

Postmodernist aesthetics has imposed itself as demanding a deconstructive approach of the concept of identity in which the paradigm of continuous fragmentation operates as a powerful tool. In 'England, England', Julian Barnes addresses the concept through irony, constant questioning of previously established values and use of clichés as a form of mockery. The purpose of the paper is to determine the way in which the nation as a concept is being imagined and created in the dynamics of the book in order to determine the pattern according to which it imprints the perception of what Englishness means and entails. By following the path in which the construction of Englishness is related to the mechanism of identity formation, through an analytical approach, the paper aims to unravel the elements of the aforementioned relationship, in order to offer an instrument for accurately understanding a part of the present concerns regarding the issue.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Földi, Corina

Đề mục:

English literature

Nhà xuất bản:

West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Letters, History and Theology

Ngày xuất bản:

2019

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Nguồn gốc:

British and American Studies; Timisoara Volume 25, 2019, pp: 123-129,280.

Liên kết:

ISSN 1224-3086

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Reflections of Englishness and national identity in Julian Barnes' England, England: a case of broken mirrors

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