The Genre of New-Gate Novel in the Artistic Conception of Sarah Waters
| Autor: | Olga N. Kokhan |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Russian |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki, Vol 2020, Iss 3, Pp 139-150 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1995-0640 2312-1343 |
| DOI: | 10.18522/1995-0640-2020-3-139-150 |
| Popis: | The article explores Sarah Waters ‘Neo-Victorian novels «Affinity»(1999) and «Fingersmith» (2002) as an original genre textures which include a sensational subgenre – the «Newgate» novel. The article considers the documentary evidences of the «Newgate Calendar» and its significance in the formation of a separate tradition of criminal sensational literature (plots, motives, narrative modes, etc.). The established Newgate literary canon is reproduced in Water’s novels with elements of genre self-reflection, generally characteristic for contemporary stylizations. Water’s innovation is in demonstrating her own position as a writer-historiographer, who carefully recreates the criminal world of Victorian England and configures the complex of emotional and social relations of the era in a new way. |
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