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T1 The Crisis of British Democracy in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
A1 Moneo Mínguez, Sara
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Metamodernism
K1 Ali Smith
K1 Seasonal Quartet
K1 Companion Piece
K1 Crisis of democracy
K1 United Kingdom
K1 Metamodernismo
K1 Cuarteto Estacional
K1 Crisis democrática
K1 Reino Unido
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB Interest about the political, social and economic situation of a country has always been in the public eye. The UK has lately experienced a major change at all levels, which has arisen great concerns about it. Narrowing down the area, the latest novels written by Ali Smith concentrate on the events taking place in the United Kingdom, providing observations about the existent crisis of British democracy. These novels make up what is known as the Seasonal Quartet: Autumn (2016), Winter (2017), Spring (2019), Summer (2020); and their follow-up novel Companion Piece (2022). The fact that Smith’s novels are difficult to classify, connects the author with the literary period some scholars agree to call ‘metamodernism’, a period with a new sensibility and with stylistic innovations. This dissertation carries out an analysis of the most recurrent topics in Smith’s novels, namely Brexit, immigration, Covid-19, modern technology and the generational gap.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64472
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64472
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 04-dic-2024