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Reimagining Community at the Open Marshland: Ecocritical Anti-Bildung in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.

Authors :
Shin, Nami
Source :
Texas Studies in Literature & Language. Winter2023, Vol. 65 Issue 4, p374-391. 18p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The article focuses on the process of growth in Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go," a novel set in an alternative Britain in the late 1990s, narrating the coming-of-age story of Kathy H., a thirty-one-year-old clone. Topics include the revelation of the clones' roles as donors, the critique of Kathy's passive acceptance of her predetermined fate, and the novel's departure from the traditional bildungsroman by linking Kathy's anti-Bildung to remote geographies.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00404691
Volume :
65
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Texas Studies in Literature & Language
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174342867
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7560/tsll65404