Szerző szerinti böngészés "Kuszinger, Rebeka"

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    Childhood in a Loop: Narrative Experiment and the Idea of Childhood in Two Novels by Ian McEwan
    Kuszinger, Rebeka; Bényei, Tamás; DE--Bölcsészettudományi Kar
    The most recurring motifs of the works of contemporary British author, Ian McEwan is childhood which is a booming topic of mainstream English fiction. Although their historical and political background are different, both analysed novels – The Child in Time (1987) and Atonement (2001) - revolve around the topic of childhood and innocence, while exploring the inaccessibility of these ideas with special narrative strategies, capturing the motif of childhood in a time-loop. The starting point of my presentation was that the motif of childhood and the special narrative strategies are related in McEwan’s works. Although it lacks child characters, childhood as such stands is in a central position in The Child in Time, which is written in a non-linear narrative. Meanwhile, Atonement constructs a parallel between nostalgia for the long-lost innocence of Englishness and the nostalgia for childhood innocence, reinforced with metafictional elements.
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    Narration, Time and the Figure of the Child in Ian McEwan's The Child in Time
    Kuszinger, Rebeka; Bényei, Tamás; DE--Bölcsészettudományi Kar
    This essay aims to analyse the connection of time, narration and the figure of the child in Ian McEwan's The Child in Time. Since the abduction of the protagonist's daughter, Stephen has to learn to accept the loss of Kate. This mourning process, and his sense of mind is represented through the treatment of time. After the abduction, time becomes disordered and it is reflected on the narration. The other aspect I analyse is the appearance of the ever-present child. As Kate is abducted, there is no children in the novel present as an active character, however, this figure appears through several motifs, and other characters as well.