Identity in Progress: Tracing the Processes of Value Construction in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Fiction - Couverture souple

Yazgı, Cihan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3955380289 ISBN 13 : 9783955380281

Editeur : WiSa, 2023

Synopsis

Why do we believe what we believe in? Where are the values that we take for granted in constructing our identity coming from? Do we know how we came to be the person that is us? Identity in Progress is a book that tries to trace the value construction processes by way of analysing Nobel Prize-winning British author Kazuo Ishiguro’s two top novels The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go. The former shows an old butler now sceptical about his unshakeable loyalty to whatever he once believed to constitute ‘dignity;’ the latter shows a young woman on a journey, both literally and metaphorically, to find out who or what she is. With Fredric Jameson’s words on “the propaedeutic value of art” in mind, Identity in Progress provides a refreshing reading of the two novels with a Marxist perspective, revealing, as Jameson says, the historical and social essence of what we believe to be individual experiences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Cihan Yazgı studied English Language and Literature at Middle East Technical University and Ankara University. His main research interests are literary theory, contemporary British novel, and short story. He currently works at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WiSa
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3955380289
• ISBN 13: 9783955380281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 126
• Coordonnées du fabricant: WISA; https://www.wisa-sanitair.com/; ; Groothandelsweg 9; Nijmegen; AH; 6515; Pays-Bas