Correspondence(s) in The Pen Friend by Ciaran Carson |
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Authors: | Elisabeth Delattre |
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Institution: | Université d'Artois, 9 rue du Temple, 62 030 Arras, France |
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Abstract: | In The Pen Friend published in 2009, Ciaran Carson draws upon the form of the epistolary novel, albeit in a somewhat non-conformist way. How to convey reality through language, or languages – photography, painting among others – is once more the purpose of the writer, even though subject and form have been renewed. This article aims at showing how the reader is transported into a world full of correspondences, a world transfigured by the power of language. |
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Keywords: | writing correspondences languages painting photography fugue |
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