Date : 2021
Type : Livre / Book
Type : Thèse / ThesisLangue / Language : anglais / English
Barnes -- Julian -- 1946-.... -- Critique et interprétation
Vieillissement -- Dans la littérature
Âges de la vie -- Dans la littérature
Accès en ligne / online access
Résumé / Abstract : This work aims at providing a better understanding of the role and representation of aging in Julian Barnes’ fiction. Both Metroland (1980) and The Sense of an Ending (2011) depict the retrospective gaze of a male narrator upon his past. This joint narrative stance allows us to study the evolution of a fictional identity in relation to the protagonists’ vulnerability, that is the several uncertainties and insecurities they face as they age. This study thus investigates the various threats to the psychological integrity of a fictional self throughout a life.