Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day: a Cultural Change from Tradition to Postmodernism
Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day: a Cultural Change from Tradition to Postmodernism
Author(s): Andreia Irina SuciuSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: tradition; postmodernism; cultural changes; narrative construction.
Summary/Abstract: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day registers the changes brought about by the postmodern spirit (experiment, parody or caricature, individual’s self/self-asserting, return to the historical past in an attempt to retrieve its lost values, the play with memory) projected against the background of a traditional context.
Journal: Cultural Perspectives - Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 126-142
- Page Count: 1
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
