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Abstract:This article explores Kazuo Ishiguro’s use of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to reflect on the formation of British identity on a deep time scale to suggest alterity as… Click to show full abstract
Abstract:This article explores Kazuo Ishiguro’s use of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to reflect on the formation of British identity on a deep time scale to suggest alterity as inherent within the nation’s foundational fictions. We argue Ishiguro borrows tactics from SGGK to destabilize the clarity of national origins.
Keywords:
ishiguro buried;
geographies kazuo;
medieval geographies;
navigating wonder;
kazuo ishiguro;
wonder medieval
Journal Title: Arthuriana
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Arthuriana
Year Published: 2018
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