Essays about: "Elizabeth Bowen; The Inherited Clock"

Found 1 essay containing the words Elizabeth Bowen; The Inherited Clock.

  1. 1. The Figure in the Ground - Perception, Identity and Readerly Involvement in four Short Stories by Elizabeth Bowen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Lisa Larsson; [2007]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Bowen; Identity in literature; Perception in literature; Foregrounding in literature; Cognitive Poetics; Narratology; Reader-response; English language and literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Using tools and ideas from narratology, reader-response theory and cognitive poetics, and focusing on the representation of perception, this essay studies identity in four short stories by Elizabeth Bowen: "The Demon Lover", "The Inherited Clock", "Dead Mabelle" and "Foothold". The supernatural or uncanny element in the stories is seen as part of a defamiliarizing strategy, one which invites and even induces an active reading. READ MORE