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Human (In)Consistencies in Ian McEwan’s Amsterdam

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 13 (2016): Issue 1 (December 2016)

By: Florentina Anghel

Open Access

|Dec 2016

Abstract

Ian McEwan’s Amsterdam has supplied its readers with psychological, moral and social topical issues presented in an easy flowing and exhilarating style. Starting from the assumption that life consists of a series of inconsistencies which are inherent and bring their contribution to the individual’s formation, the paper aims at demonstrating that the protagonists’ judgmental and moral inconsistencies, which are used as a plot generator and are environmentally determined, reveal features of their personality.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 7

Published on: Dec 30, 2016

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

judgmental inconsistencies,

moral inconsistencies,

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,

Linguistics, other,

Germanic languages,

© 2016 Florentina Anghel, published by West University of Timisoara
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Volume 13 (2016): Issue 1 (December 2016)