Essays about: "fictional and metafictional strategies in ian mcewan s atonement"

Found 1 essay containing the words fictional and metafictional strategies in ian mcewan s atonement.

  1. 1. Fictional and Metafictional Strategies in Ian McEwan’s Novel Atonement (2001) and its Screen Adaptation (2007)

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Katrin Dahlbäck; [2009]
    Keywords : Ian McEwan; Atonement; Joe Wright; Reality; Fiction; Metafiction; Briony Tallis; Literature; Adaptation; Novel;

    Abstract : The concept of distorting the line between fiction and reality appears to be one of the main themes in Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001) as well as in Joe Wright’s screen adaptation of the novel, released in 2007. With the focus on the main character Briony Tallis this essay explores the influence that literature and fiction have on her, how they bring her to blur the line between them and reality and, to a lesser extent, the different ways in which the novel and its screen adaptation address this issue. READ MORE