The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
The article explores how the meaning of the topos revenge is crystallised (accumulated and interpreted) in the gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort” at two planes: internal (the one concerning the narrator-narratee roles) and external (concerning the implied author-reader roles). Both planes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2017.2.issue-1/lart-2017-0003/lart-2017-0003.xml?format=INT |
| Summary: | The article explores how the meaning of the topos revenge is crystallised (accumulated and interpreted) in the gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort” at two planes: internal (the one concerning the narrator-narratee roles) and external (concerning the implied author-reader roles). Both planes are linked in the process of intranarrative transgression, where the first mode of crystallisation is regarded as an allegorical interpretation of revenge and the second one – as a symbolic interpretation. |
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| ISSN: | 2453-8035 |