The Role of the Governess in The Turn of the Screw
Abstract: For more than a hundred years, the role of the governess in The Turn of the Screw has been the centre of an enormous controversy among literary critics. In their approach to this work, critics have come up with a broad range of different interpretations, and, among them, two criticisms sta...
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doaj-fe95ce80c0734c5ebb0c8e4d34dfd7332020-11-25T00:02:06ZengUniversidad de AlmeriaOdisea1578-38202174-16112017-03-0101120722110.25115/odisea.v0i11.327297The Role of the Governess in The Turn of the ScrewRaúl Valiño Siota0Universidad del País VascoAbstract: For more than a hundred years, the role of the governess in The Turn of the Screw has been the centre of an enormous controversy among literary critics. In their approach to this work, critics have come up with a broad range of different interpretations, and, among them, two criticisms stand out: the so-called apparitionists and non-apparitionists, which from the very beginning have excluded each other, as their names contribute to suggest. The present paper reviews those interpretations, based on their most representative critics and their excerpts from the book in order to contribute to an understanding between these two possible readings. Resumen: Durante más de un siglo, la crítica que ha abordado la novela The Turn of the Screw ha tratado de analizar y explicar los sucesos en ella relatados, dando como resultado un amplio abanico de interpretaciones. Entre estas destacan las interpretaciones denominadas aparicionistas y no aparicionistas,que desde sus inicios, y como sus propios nombres dan a entender, han sido excluyentes entre sí. El presente artículo realiza una revisión de dichas interpretaciones, basada en sus críticos más representativos y los pasajes en que estas se asientan, para aportar un puente de unión entre ambas posibilidades.http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/327turn of the screwgovernessapparitionistnon-apparitionistsbildungsromanhenry jamesvuelta de tuercainstitutrizaparicionistasno aparicionisrtasbildungsromanhenry james |
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Abstract: For more than a hundred years, the role of the governess in The Turn of the Screw has been the centre of an enormous controversy among literary critics. In their approach to this work, critics have come up with a broad range of different interpretations, and, among them, two criticisms stand out: the so-called apparitionists and non-apparitionists, which from the very beginning have excluded each other, as their names contribute to suggest.
The present paper reviews those interpretations, based on their most representative critics and their excerpts from the book in order to contribute to an understanding between these two possible readings.
Resumen: Durante más de un siglo, la crítica que ha abordado la novela The Turn of the Screw ha tratado de analizar y explicar los sucesos en ella relatados, dando como resultado un amplio abanico de interpretaciones. Entre estas destacan las interpretaciones denominadas aparicionistas y no aparicionistas,que desde sus inicios, y como sus propios nombres dan a entender, han sido excluyentes entre sí.
El presente artículo realiza una revisión de dichas interpretaciones, basada en sus críticos más representativos y los pasajes en que estas se asientan, para aportar un puente de unión entre ambas posibilidades. |
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