The Emergence of the Archaic in Margaret Drabble’s the Radiant Way and a Natural Curiosity

• Authors: Amalia Mărăşescu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Margaret Drabble’s novels are set in contemporary England and deal with contemporary issues, but still contain reminiscences of an archaic mentality. The paper will discuss several such reminiscences, like the myth of the good savage, the nostalgia for the lost paradise or the references to the archetype of the Creation.

Keywords

EN

archaic mentality; Creation; good savage; lost paradise; shaman

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 276-287

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-21

Contributors

author

Amalia Mărăşescu

• University of Piteşti

References

• Carter, R., McRae, J. 2001 (1997). The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britainand Ireland. Routledge.
• Chevalier, J., Gheerbrant, A. 1993 (1969). Dicţionar de simboluri. Bucureşti: Artemis.
• Drabble, Margaret. 1988 (1987). The Radiant Way. London: Ivy Books.
• Drabble, Margaret. 1990 (1989). A Natural Curiosity. Penguin Books.
• Eliade, M. 1998 (1957). Mituri, vise şi mistere. Bucureşti: Univers enciclopedic.
• Ellam, Julie. 2007. ‘Margaret Drabble’ [Online]. Available: http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth31 [2007, November 15].

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10319-012-0026-7