Papers by Alice Sukdolova
Eger Journal of English Studies, 2019
The paper will examine the dynamics of changes in the concepts of spaces in the selected novels w... more The paper will examine the dynamics of changes in the concepts of spaces in the selected novels written by the contemporary British author Ian McEwan. It will define the role of representational spaces in McEwan's early novels (The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers) and concentrate on the term of intense focalization in the author's recent novel Nutshell. The main aim of the paper is to trace the presence of the uncanny in McEwan's fictional spaces and explore the theme of space violation and disturbing human privacy within the closed space which points out to the genre of postmodern Gothic.
Eger Journal of English Studies, 2016
The paper will focus on two general categories of defining space: one of them is the category of ... more The paper will focus on two general categories of defining space: one of them is the category of aesthetic expression of space, i.e. how the space is perceived by the narrator or the characters themselves; this notion would possibly correspond with the category of the smooth space in Deleuze and Guattari's terms, focusing on the dynamics of forces. The other category would then concern the mimetic aesthetics and the space representation, i.e. how space is constructed, with regard to a specific “reality” . What space represents would be relevant to Deleuze and Guattari's category of space striation. Examples of both approaches will be given in the essential conflict of the literary characters with respect to the environment they occupy. The main aim of the literary analysis would rely namely on Bram Stoker's Dracula which can be considered a late Victorian novel with features of decadence formed by the presence of the vampire theme. The vampire figure which takes control over the space of Transylvania and later on threatens to invade England has the potential to create the Deleuzian notion of multiplicity embodied in the forms of wolves, bats or possibly the individuals whose blood becomes infected by the vampirical contagion. This form of pestilence becomes the major threat of “the Other” which seems to originate in the colonial world and threatens to disrupt the well-balanced Victorian order of things.
Eger Journal of English Studies, 2019
The paper will examine the dynamics of changes in the concepts of spaces in the selected novels w... more The paper will examine the dynamics of changes in the concepts of spaces in the selected novels written by the contemporary British author Ian McEwan. It will define the role of representational spaces in McEwan’s early novels (The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers) and concentrate on the term of intense focalization in the author’s recent novel Nutshell. The main aim of the paper is to trace the presence of the uncanny in McEwan’s fictional spaces and explore the theme of space violation and disturbing human privacy within the closed space which points out to the genre of postmodern Gothic.
Books by Alice Sukdolova
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012
The dissertation focuses on two general categories of defining space: on space expression accordi... more The dissertation focuses on two general categories of defining space: on space expression according to the expressive approach to aesthetics and, secondly, on space representation based on the mimetic aesthetics. The exploration of the surface structure of space employs the philosophical categories of smooth and striated space, formulated by Deleuze and Guattari in their Treatise on Nomadology, while the depths of the inner spaces, including the spaces of the human mind, are treated within the framework of Gaston Bachelard’s phenomenology, stressing the importance of the symbolic meanings hidden in the unconscious.
The primary texts in which the concept of space is explored range from the Brontë sisters' novels (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre) to Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels, and further on to the last novel of George Eliot, Daniel Deronda. Attention is given to the role of natural elements constituting space, with emphasis on the element of water.
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Papers by Alice Sukdolova
Books by Alice Sukdolova
The primary texts in which the concept of space is explored range from the Brontë sisters' novels (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre) to Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels, and further on to the last novel of George Eliot, Daniel Deronda. Attention is given to the role of natural elements constituting space, with emphasis on the element of water.
The primary texts in which the concept of space is explored range from the Brontë sisters' novels (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre) to Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels, and further on to the last novel of George Eliot, Daniel Deronda. Attention is given to the role of natural elements constituting space, with emphasis on the element of water.