Neo historical fictionDavid Mitchell’s take on adventure, empire and the exoticization of the past
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Universidad de Oviedo
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ISSN: 2605-2822
Año de publicación: 2019
Volumen: 2
Número: 2
Páginas: 182-199
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Theory Now. Journal of Literature, Critique, and Thought
Resumen
Este artículo analiza una nueva concepción de la ficción histórica que surgió en la escena literaria británica a comienzos del siglo XXI, y que Elodie Rousselot, entre otros, ha denominado neohistórica, habiéndose desarrollado según principios similares a la ficción neo-victoriana. Esta variedad utiliza el modo narrativo del realismo y participa en la afición popular por el pasado que se manifiesta en diferentes formas de “public history”. El análisis parte de una consideración de las implicaciones de este enfoque crítico y narrativo, en la medida en que transciende sus fundamentos posmodernos y se entrecruza con el género del romance histórico. Este artículo analiza The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (2010) de David Mitchell como un ejemplo de este fenómeno a la luz también de la conceptualización que Mitchell hace del género de la ficción histórica. La novela combina un enfoque meta-realista con la exotización del pasado, la exploración de las subjetividades ficticias y una conciencia de preocupaciones post-imperialistas en un mundo globalizado.
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