Romance forms in A. S. Byatt's Possession

  1. Cuder Domínguez, María Pilar
Zeitschrift:
Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

ISSN: 0214-4808 2171-861X

Datum der Publikation: 1995

Nummer: 8

Seiten: 79-89

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.14198/RAEI.1995.8.07 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Andere Publikationen in: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

Zusammenfassung

A. S. Byatt's Possession: A Romance (1990) is best defined as a quest narrative, as it follows the pattern that Campbell, Propp and Frye among others have described. Although mainly working with archetypes, Byatt also deploys here elements taken from romance subgenres such as detective stories and gothic fiction. Through this generic encoding of her work, Byatt raises questions as to the reception of these archetypes, the function of the author and the very process of reading.