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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Main Author: Ihina Zoia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
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spelling doaj-b94cb1d9bdb1489b944d2d001b817d162020-11-24T23:07:50ZengSciendoLege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow2453-80352017-06-01219012710.1515/lart-2017-0003lart-2017-0003The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisationIhina Zoia0CSc. (Philology), Associate Professor at the Department of English Philology and Translation, Kyiv National Linguistic University, Velyka Vasylkivs'ka St., 73, Kyiv, 03680, UkraineThe 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.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2017.2.issue-1/lart-2017-0003/lart-2017-0003.xml?format=INTallegorycrystallisationgothicmeaningnarrativesymboltopostransgression
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The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
allegory
crystallisation
gothic
meaning
narrative
symbol
topos
transgression
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title The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
title_short The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
title_full The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
title_fullStr The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
title_full_unstemmed The topos “revenge” in the Gothic narrative “A legend of the Nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
title_sort topos “revenge” in the gothic narrative “a legend of the nightfort”: ways of crystallisation
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series Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow
issn 2453-8035
publishDate 2017-06-01
description 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.
topic allegory
crystallisation
gothic
meaning
narrative
symbol
topos
transgression
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