Does it Ever Rain in Italy? Metaphors of Landscape and Weather of Italy in British Fiction (1946-2001)

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Does it Ever Rain in Italy? Metaphors of Landscape and Weather of Italy in British Fiction (1946-2001)

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Sebnem Toplu

Yayıncı:

Ege University

Ana Başlıklar:

British and Irish Language | Literature and Culture

Dergi:

Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies Issue 3, pp.37-49

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310218

pISSN:

2822-3020

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 Arising from the poetic aspirations of Dante, Petrarch or Bocaccio, the Italian art, the ancient Roman grandeur, consecutively, the beauty of the landscape and the attractive people, the contemporary perspectives on Italy are the outcome of a tradition which reached its climax with D.H. Lawrence and this is where this essay proceeds to explore the metaphor of Italian landscape and the sun during the second half of the twentieth century British fiction. I argue that temporal acuity also transforms British writers perception of this idyllic country where the sun seems to shine continuously with the implication that it never rains. I contend such unrealistic paradisical image of the postwar period gradually lends to the introduction of rain in harmony with the characters mood and transformation of Italy. This essay covers the fiction of Linklater, Waugh, Murdoch, Golding, Brookner, Parks, Dibdin, Spark and Woodhouse.

 Arising from the poetic aspirations of Dante, Petrarch or Bocaccio, the Italian art, the ancient Roman grandeur, consecutively, the beauty of the landscape and the attractive people, the contemporary perspectives on Italy are the outcome of a tradition which reached its climax with D.H. Lawrence and this is where this essay proceeds to explore the metaphor of Italian landscape and the sun during the second half of the twentieth century British fiction. I argue that temporal acuity also transforms British writers perception of this idyllic country where the sun seems to shine continuously with the implication that it never rains. I contend such unrealistic paradisical image of the postwar period gradually lends to the introduction of rain in harmony with the characters mood and transformation of Italy. This essay covers the fiction of Linklater, Waugh, Murdoch, Golding, Brookner, Parks, Dibdin, Spark and Woodhouse.

 Arising from the poetic aspirations of Dante, Petrarch or Bocaccio, the Italian art, the ancient Roman grandeur, consecutively, the beauty of the landscape and the attractive people, the contemporary perspectives on Italy are the outcome of a tradition which reached its climax with D.H. Lawrence and this is where this essay proceeds to explore the metaphor of Italian landscape and the sun during the second half of the twentieth century British fiction. I argue that temporal acuity also transforms British writers perception of this idyllic country where the sun seems to shine continuously with the implication that it never rains. I contend such unrealistic paradisical image of the postwar period gradually lends to the introduction of rain in harmony with the characters mood and transformation of Italy. This essay covers the fiction of Linklater, Waugh, Murdoch, Golding, Brookner, Parks, Dibdin, Spark and Woodhouse.

 Arising from the poetic aspirations of Dante, Petrarch or Bocaccio, the Italian art, the ancient Roman grandeur, consecutively, the beauty of the landscape and the attractive people, the contemporary perspectives on Italy are the outcome of a tradition which reached its climax with D.H. Lawrence and this is where this essay proceeds to explore the metaphor of Italian landscape and the sun during the second half of the twentieth century British fiction. I argue that temporal acuity also transforms British writers perception of this idyllic country where the sun seems to shine continuously with the implication that it never rains. I contend such unrealistic paradisical image of the postwar period gradually lends to the introduction of rain in harmony with the characters mood and transformation of Italy. This essay covers the fiction of Linklater, Waugh, Murdoch, Golding, Brookner, Parks, Dibdin, Spark and Woodhouse.

Makale detayları

Does it Ever Rain in Italy? Metaphors of Landscape and Weather of Italy in British Fiction (1946-2001)

Yazarlar:

Sebnem Toplu

Yayıncı:

Ege University

Ana Başlıklar:

British and Irish Language | Literature and Culture

Dergi:

Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies Issue 3, pp.37-49

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310218

pISSN:

2822-3020

Italy in British Literature

the Italian sun

rain

Tim Parks

Michael Dibdin

Muriel Spark

Anita Brookner

Sarah Woodhouse

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Sebnem Toplu

Yayıncı: Ege University

Ana Başlıklar: British and Irish Language | Literature and Culture

Dergi: Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies Issue 3, pp.37-49

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001310218

pISSN: 2822-3020

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Sebnem Toplu

Yayıncı:

Ege University

Ana Başlıklar:

British and Irish Language | Literature and Culture

Dergi:

Overtones Ege Journal of English Studies Issue 3, pp.37-49

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310218

pISSN:

2822-3020