The Palimpsestic Time and Identity in Graham Swift’s Ever After

Elisabeta Simona Catană

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The Palimpsestic Time and Identity in Graham Swift’s Ever After

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 14 (2017): Issue 1 (November 2017)

By: Elisabeta Simona Catană

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|Nov 2017

Abstract

The essay analyses Graham Swift’s Ever After and shows that the concepts of time and identity are fictional constructs which stand for a palimpsestic world presented as an eternal stage of past and present stories. Time and identity are revealed to us through symbols which stand for a palimpsestic world. They are reinvented and rewritten according to the narrator’s vision.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2017-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 7

Published on: Nov 30, 2017

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

identity,

palimpsest,

past,

present,

time,

the world

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,

Linguistics, other,

Germanic languages,

English

© 2017 Elisabeta Simona Catană, published by West University of Timisoara
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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