Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel

Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel

My paper examines the interplay between the sophisticated postmodernist techniques of intertextuality, parody, metafiction and a return to orality or better said of pseudo-orality, a simulated-oral discourse or what the Russian Formalists called “skaz”, brought about by much postcolonial, ethnic or...

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Main Author: Băniceru Ana Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:
grotesque discourse
intertextuality
metafiction
oral discourse
pseudo-orality
skaz narratives
storytelling
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0018-7
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Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
Romanian Journal of English Studies
grotesque discourse
intertextuality
metafiction
oral discourse
pseudo-orality
skaz narratives
storytelling
author_facet Băniceru Ana Cristina
author_sort Băniceru Ana Cristina
title Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
title_short Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
title_full Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
title_fullStr Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
title_full_unstemmed Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel
title_sort going back to one’s roots: the revival of oral storytelling techniques in the english contemporary novel
publisher Sciendo
series Romanian Journal of English Studies
issn 2286-0428
publishDate 2012-12-01
description My paper examines the interplay between the sophisticated postmodernist techniques of intertextuality, parody, metafiction and a return to orality or better said of pseudo-orality, a simulated-oral discourse or what the Russian Formalists called “skaz”, brought about by much postcolonial, ethnic or feminist literature.
topic grotesque discourse
intertextuality
metafiction
oral discourse
pseudo-orality
skaz narratives
storytelling
url https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0018-7
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