Barbara Pym: The Apology of Singleness
Keywords:
“A Few Green Leaves”, Jane Osten, “negative” intertextuality, narrative plot
Abstract
The paper focuses on semantics and poetics of Barbara Pym’s (1913-1980) novels in the context of the English-American criticism tradition of comparing her to Jane Austen. In “A Few Green Leaves” (1979) the “novel of manners” traditions and the nature of narrative plot are being reconsidered. The paper states the solitude of her heroes not as marginality, or destiny, or existential “mastering” but as an identity, conscious choice and humanistic assumption.
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5. Byatt A. S. Marginal Lives: Review of Barbara Pym “An Academic Question” and Robert Emmet Long “Barbara Pym” / A. S. Byatt. – The Times Literary Supplement, Aug. 8, 1986. – P. 862.
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9. Herbert G. Hope [Электронный ресурс] / George Herbert. – Режим доступа: https://www.ccel.org/h/herbert/temple/Hope.html (10.11.2016).
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11. Shapiro L. Pride and Perseverance [Электронный ресурс] / Laura Shapiro – The New York Times. – June 21. – 2013. – Режим доступа: www.nytimes.com/2013/06/ (10.11.2016).
12. Updike J. Lem and Pym/ John Updike. – The New Yorker, Febr. 26, 1979.
Published
2017-12-12
How to Cite
Чернокова, Е. С. (2017). Barbara Pym: The Apology of Singleness. The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series “Philology”, (76), 112-117. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/philology/article/view/9098
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The problem of studying an artistic work through the prism of the interaction of text and context
