Playfulness as Apologia for a Strong Story in Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2015-1-6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2015-1-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/BSE2015-1-6" target="_blank" >10.5817/BSE2015-1-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Playfulness as Apologia for a Strong Story in Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth

Original language description

Ian McEwan's penultimate novel, Sweet Tooth (2012), is a remarkable achievement, not only in the context of the contemporary British literary scene but also within the body of its author's work. Although it is written in the form of a spy thriller, withan element of romance, the novel by far transcends the limits of this genre. It provides an intriguing exploration of McEwan's favourite themes, but also contains a notable dimension of intertextual and metafictional playfulness, which in this case is highly self-reflective as he makes direct references to his own fiction, namely to his short stories from the collection In Between the Sheets (1978). Therefore, in terms of its thematic and narrative framework, Sweet Tooth can be especially linked with two of his earlier novels, The Innocent (1990) and Atonement (2001). This article argues that McEwan's use of playful narrative strategies is not a result of his intention to write an experimental text challenging the traditional notion of

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Brno Studies in English

ISSN

0524-6881

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Volume of the periodical

41

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

101-115

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