ISBN10: 3640319966, ISBN13: 9783640319961, [publisher: GRIN Verlag] Softcover Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. 1. Auflage. | Seiten: 116
[Trebbin, Germany] [Publication Year: 2009]

ISBN10: 3640319966, ISBN13: 9783640319961, [publisher: GRIN Verlag] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: Ever since McEwan's first publications, his work has received considerable attention from critics and scholars. Thus, it is not surprising that McEwan has been awarded with a number of prizes for his work and that he has been praised to be one of the leading representatives of the young generation.Despite the extraordinary praise of McEwan's work, it has been discussed most controversially. The fact that he often engages taboo subjects like masturbation, incest, regression, child abuse, dismemberment, sadism-masochism etc. earned McEwan the reputation of an author who writes to shock his audience. McEwan himself appears to be surprised about these attributions and objects them. However, it seems to be undisputable that the narrations are extremely shocking but it seems that not only the choice of topics is responsible for the extreme response to McEwan's narrations. In my opinion, the shock value of McEwan's narrations is mainly caused by his particular way to present these topics. In keeping with this, I consider the form of McEwan's narrations to be as important as their content. McEwan seems to experiment with the employment of perspectives, subje ...
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