The Gift of Stories - Imagination and Landscape in Jim Crace's The Gift of Stones

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Gift of Stories - Imagination and Landscape in Jim Crace's The Gift of Stones

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Jim Crace is known for his compelling, parable-like stories written in rhythmic prose and for his distinctive diction, which combines poetic figurativeness with the precision of exact description. As a writer with an exceptional sense of observed detail, Crace&apos;s narrative power lies in his ability to render places, especially various kinds of landscapes, which, in spite of their wholly fictitious character, evoke a strong feeling of plausibility and familiarity. However, his imaginary milieux are never devoid of human experience and his stories examine the close interconnectedness between his protagonists and the places they occupy or move through. Crace likes to depict what the critics have termed &quot;communities in transition&quot;, that is groups of people who need to face up to an imminent socio-economic change and adapt to the newly emerging circumstances, which is why his fictional landscapes always reflect the protagonists&apos; disturbed psyches as they project into them the anxieties and frustrations that result from the process of revising and restoring the essentials of their shattered identities. The Gift of Stones (1988) not only explores such a transition, but also elaborates on the significance of making up stories in human life. This paper demonstrates how the novel&apos;s physical environments intertwine not only with the main protagonist&apos;s mental world but, above all, with his talent for imaginative storytelling.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Gift of Stories - Imagination and Landscape in Jim Crace's The Gift of Stones

Popis výsledku anglicky

Jim Crace is known for his compelling, parable-like stories written in rhythmic prose and for his distinctive diction, which combines poetic figurativeness with the precision of exact description. As a writer with an exceptional sense of observed detail, Crace&apos;s narrative power lies in his ability to render places, especially various kinds of landscapes, which, in spite of their wholly fictitious character, evoke a strong feeling of plausibility and familiarity. However, his imaginary milieux are never devoid of human experience and his stories examine the close interconnectedness between his protagonists and the places they occupy or move through. Crace likes to depict what the critics have termed &quot;communities in transition&quot;, that is groups of people who need to face up to an imminent socio-economic change and adapt to the newly emerging circumstances, which is why his fictional landscapes always reflect the protagonists&apos; disturbed psyches as they project into them the anxieties and frustrations that result from the process of revising and restoring the essentials of their shattered identities. The Gift of Stones (1988) not only explores such a transition, but also elaborates on the significance of making up stories in human life. This paper demonstrates how the novel&apos;s physical environments intertwine not only with the main protagonist&apos;s mental world but, above all, with his talent for imaginative storytelling.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60205 - Literary theory

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

American and British Studies Annual

ISSN

1803-6058

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

63-79

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85078401809