Title: Alice Munro : secret strategies of loving
Source document: The Central European journal of Canadian studies. 2004, vol. 4, iss. [1], pp. [81]-88
Extent
[81]-88
-
ISSN1213-7715 (print)2336-4556 (online)
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/116035
Type: Article
Language
License: Not specified license
Notice: These citations are automatically created and might not follow citation rules properly.
Abstract(s)
The paper deals with Alice Munro's stories "A Wildemess Station" and "A Queer Streak". The common feature of the stories is that they are both novelistic and dramatic in nature. In the novelistic sense the plots of the stories use the method of central intelligence, while focusing on the themes of alienation, isolation, search for identity and integration. In the dramatic sense, they are based on epiphany as an ordering device and on metaphoric plots. Central metaphors in these stories are rooted in secrecy and silence. They ultimately concern women's secret strategies of loving.
Le texte traite de deux histoires d'Alice Munro "La ligne étrange" et "La station dans le région sauvage". Les nouvelles en cause sont caractérisées étant d'une nature en même temps romanesques et dramatique. Dans le sens romanesque, les intrigues des histoires font l'usage d'une méthode d'intelligence centrale, tout en posant l'accent sur les thèmes d'aliénation, d'isolement, de la recherche d'identité et d'intégration. Dans le sens dramatique, elles sont basées sur l'épiphanie, ainsi que sur les intrigues métaphoriques. Les métaphores centrales dans ces histoires sont enracinées dans le secret et le silence, ayant à faire avec les stratégies secrètes des femmes dans les affaires du cæur.
References
[1] English, Sandy. "Alice Munro, The Love of a Good Woman". WSWS Book Review, 9 April 2002.
[2] Felman, Shoshana. "Women and Madness: the Critical Phallacy". In The Feminist Reader, second edition, edited by Catherine Belsey and Jane Moore, Macmillan, London, 1997.
[3] Ferguson, Suzanne C. "Defining the Short Story". In Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, edited by Michael J. Hoffman and Patrick D. Murphy, second edition, London: Leicester University Press, 1996.
[4] Friedman, Norman. "What Makes a Short Story Short?". In Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, edited by Michael J. Hoffman and Patrick D. Murphy, second edition, London: Leicester University Press, 1996.
[5] Howells, Coral Ann. Alice Munro. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1998.
[6] Markovits, Benjamin. "Suspicion of Sentiment". London Review of Books, 13 December 2001.
[7] Mitchell, Juliet. Women. The Longest Revolution. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984.
[8] Munro, Alice. "A Queer Streak". In The Progress of Love, Toronto: Penguin Books, 1987. (first published 1986.)
[9] Munro, Alice. "A Wilderness Station". In Open Secrets, Vintage Contemporaries, New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 1995.
[10] Munro, Alice. The Love of a Good Woman. A Douglas Gibson Book. Toronto: Mclelland and Stewart Inc., 1998.
[2] Felman, Shoshana. "Women and Madness: the Critical Phallacy". In The Feminist Reader, second edition, edited by Catherine Belsey and Jane Moore, Macmillan, London, 1997.
[3] Ferguson, Suzanne C. "Defining the Short Story". In Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, edited by Michael J. Hoffman and Patrick D. Murphy, second edition, London: Leicester University Press, 1996.
[4] Friedman, Norman. "What Makes a Short Story Short?". In Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, edited by Michael J. Hoffman and Patrick D. Murphy, second edition, London: Leicester University Press, 1996.
[5] Howells, Coral Ann. Alice Munro. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1998.
[6] Markovits, Benjamin. "Suspicion of Sentiment". London Review of Books, 13 December 2001.
[7] Mitchell, Juliet. Women. The Longest Revolution. New York: Pantheon Books, 1984.
[8] Munro, Alice. "A Queer Streak". In The Progress of Love, Toronto: Penguin Books, 1987. (first published 1986.)
[9] Munro, Alice. "A Wilderness Station". In Open Secrets, Vintage Contemporaries, New York: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, Inc., 1995.
[10] Munro, Alice. The Love of a Good Woman. A Douglas Gibson Book. Toronto: Mclelland and Stewart Inc., 1998.