Where did all the Water Come from? How Water Crosses Boundaries
in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

C 2012

Where did all the Water Come from? How Water Crosses Boundaries in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

ŠALAMOUN, Jiří

Basic information

Original name

Where did all the Water Come from? How Water Crosses Boundaries in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water

Authors

ŠALAMOUN, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1st ed. Newcastle upon Tyne, Weaving New Perspectives Together: Some Reflections on Literary Studies, p. 203-217, 15 pp. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/12:00060450

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-1-4438-3911-2

Keywords in English

subversion of master narratives; linear & circular concepts of time and their application in literatures; revision of the "obstructed water trope"

Abstract

V originále

Much of Thomas King scholarship focuses on his ability to motivate readers to cross boundaries (Ridington) and revise their opinions (Justice). However, while most scholars analyse individual textual strategies employed by King (Dvorak), this paper applies the topic related approach and examines how King uses the element of water to unify many of his textual strategies into a more powerful flow. The paper summarises my close reading of those parts of King's Green Grass, Running Water where the element of water is used to bridge gaps between individual characters, generations, and races. Hence, the paper discusses how water helps the characters of the novel to reconcile with their past, resume their lost roles within their families, and enhances their future lives by solving their current problems. By discussing the capabilities of water which incite the novel's characters to reconnect with each other and cross boundaries together, the paper fills up a lacuna in contemporary King scholarship and amends a gap in native literary research.

Citovat

ŠALAMOUN, Jiří. Where did all the Water Come from? How Water Crosses Boundaries in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water. In Weaving New Perspectives Together: Some Reflections on Literary Studies. 1st ed. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, p. 203-217. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-3911-2.

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ŠALAMOUN, Jiří. Where did all the Water Come from? How Water Crosses Boundaries in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water. In \textit{Weaving New Perspectives Together: Some Reflections on Literary Studies}. 1st ed. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012, p.~203-217. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN~978-1-4438-3911-2.

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