Thesis (M.A.)--Villanova University, 2008. / English Dept. Includes bibliographical references.

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Texte remanié de: Thesis Ph. D.--Warwick, GB--University of Warwick. / Bibliogr. p. 283-299. Index.

Nesta dissertação, o exame de An Artist of the Floating World, de Kazuo Ishiguro, adota a espacialidade como vetor interpretativo do romance. Ao considerarmos o espaço como um dado estruturante sobre o qual outros elementos narrativos se apóiam e se desenvolvem, apontamos alguns modos de tratamento do espaço na literatura para verificar as formas de sua consecução na obra. Embora o processo de rememoração do narrador protagonista envolva diferentes camadas temporais e espaciais, observamos a existência de um espaço primordial, a partir do qual todos os demais espaços são desdobrados, atuando como uma fonte de sentidos para as experiências vividas pelo protagonista. Pautada por sobreposições espaciais cujas camadas estabelecem relações de complementaridade, a narrativa cria um adensamento na significação dos eventos, dos conflitos e dos papéis vividos pelos personagens. Por meio de tais relações e na perspectiva das considerações críticas de Luis A. Brandão, Georges Poulet e Michel Foucault, buscamos analisar o espaço que rege este romance em suas funções e características heterotópicas. / This dissertation examines An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro through the category of space. Spatiality is considered a structuring element over which other narrative aspects develop. Some literary ways of space treatment are pointed out in order to verify how they function in this novel. The existence of a primordial space, through which all the other narrative spaces are unfolded, is observed as a source of meanings for the protagonists experiences, even though his process of remembrance implies different levels of time and space. Oriented by spatial superposition, whose levels establish complementary relations, the narrative creates a density of meanings, conflicts, and characters roles. Scrutinizing these relations and considering the critical approaches presented by Luis A. Brandão, Georges Poulet, and Michel Foucault, this dissertation analyses the space that rules this novel in its role and heterotopic features.

Nesta dissertação, o exame de An Artist of the Floating World, de Kazuo Ishiguro, adota a espacialidade como vetor interpretativo do romance. Ao considerarmos o espaço como um dado estruturante sobre o qual outros elementos narrativos se apóiam e se desenvolvem, apontamos alguns modos de tratamento do espaço na literatura para verificar as formas de sua consecução na obra. Embora o processo de rememoração do narrador protagonista envolva diferentes camadas temporais e espaciais, observamos a existência de um espaço primordial, a partir do qual todos os demais espaços são desdobrados, atuando como uma fonte de sentidos para as experiências vividas pelo protagonista. Pautada por sobreposições espaciais cujas camadas estabelecem relações de complementaridade, a narrativa cria um adensamento na significação dos eventos, dos conflitos e dos papéis vividos pelos personagens. Por meio de tais relações e na perspectiva das considerações críticas de Luis A. Brandão, Georges Poulet e Michel Foucault, buscamos analisar o espaço que rege este romance em suas funções e características heterotópicas. / This dissertation examines An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro through the category of space. Spatiality is considered a structuring element over which other narrative aspects develop. Some literary ways of space treatment are pointed out in order to verify how they function in this novel. The existence of a primordial space, through which all the other narrative spaces are unfolded, is observed as a source of meanings for the protagonists experiences, even though his process of remembrance implies different levels of time and space. Oriented by spatial superposition, whose levels establish complementary relations, the narrative creates a density of meanings, conflicts, and characters roles. Scrutinizing these relations and considering the critical approaches presented by Luis A. Brandão, Georges Poulet, and Michel Foucault, this dissertation analyses the space that rules this novel in its role and heterotopic features.

<p>The essay investigates the film adaptation <em>The Remains of the Day</em>. The novel and film are used to give examples of ways the story of a novel can change when it is adapted for film. The theoretical framework is based on Linda Hutcheon's concept of orginality and fidelity.</p>

The essay investigates the film adaptation The Remains of the Day. The novel and film are used to give examples of ways the story of a novel can change when it is adapted for film. The theoretical framework is based on Linda Hutcheon's concept of orginality and fidelity.

M.A. / This study was prompted principally by two events: reading Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day (1989), and encountering Pico lyer's Time article "The Empire Writes Back" (1993). lyer argues that the late twentieth century has been witness to an important event in the world of literature: the emergence of a new generation of writers writing in English, but not necessarily originating from British-colonial (or postcolonial) backgrounds. Among the writers lyer mentions are Vikram Seth, Michael Ondaatje, Ben Okri and - most notably - Kazuo Ishiguro. Ishiguro was born in Japan but emigrated with his parents to the United Kingdom at the age of six. This study focuses on his biculturalism and the impact that his mixed upbringing has had on his style and thematic concerns. This forms the principal focus of the first part of the study. The influence of Japanese writers, that of Japanese film and, finally, that of the European literary tradition are looked at in turn. The core of this study is a comparative analysis of Ishiguro's first three novels: A Pale View of Hills (1982), An Artist of the Floating World (1986), and The Remains of the Day (1989). Here certain common pre-occupations are identified and discussed - chiefly, Ishiguro's concern with memory, with constructions of the past, and his use of "unreliable" first-person narrators. It is argued that Ishiguro returns insistently to these thematic concerns in his first three novels, and that they can therefore be seen as constituting a three-part exploration of the notion of memory, of "reconstructing" the past. A separate chapter briefly examines Ishiguro's most recent work, The Unconsoled (1995), in which these themes are once again present, although they are bodied forth in a strikingly different style. The purpose of examining this novel is mainly to illustrate its formal and stylistic divergence from the first three (far more successful) novels - a divergence which in turn serves to throw into relief the thematic integrity of the first three novels. The study concludes by drawing together the discussion of the first three novels before moving on to a consideration of Ishiguro's place in what has become known as "New Internationalism". Here it is argued that Ishiguro's work has important resemblances to that of other writers loosely grouped into this literary movement and that he deserves his place among this illustrious group of writers who are changing the face of world literature written in English.

The creative component of my project is a conteporary, confessional novel, Refrain. The narrator, Jake, has spent his youth chasing a life that matched his dreams - first as a would-be rock star and then by fleeing to India in search of exotic adventures with his girlfriend. Now he returns alone to the suburban backwater he'd tried so hard to escape, ready for stability and responsibility. However, his attempts to reinvent himself in this world of chronic unemployment and limited horizons are thrown into confusion by old friends, estranged fmaily members, an unresolved attachment, and by his musical successor - a volatile young woman with her own problems, who draws him back to things he'd rather forget and towards a future he isn't ready to face. Refain is a story of idealism and desire, fading hopes and unexpected opportunities, long-distance love and short-sightedness. The exegetical component of my project investigates the term 'portmodern confession' as an i ntersection of the confessional narrative mode and postmodernism, and its application to two recent texts: The sportswriter by Richard Ford, and The remains of teh day by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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