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Metamorphosis of a genre: The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan

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    Ferrari, Roberta
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    Ferrari, Roberta

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    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
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    text (article)
    Published:
    2014
    In:
    Impossibilia ISSN 2174-2464 Nº. 8, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Dimensiones de la literatura infantil y juvenil), pags. 46-63
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    ABSTRACT: When a major author engages in writing a book for children, it always turns out to be more than a mere incursion into a less prestigious genre. This paper proposes a reading of Ian McEwan's The Daydreamer aimed at unveiling its different levels of signification through a study of its paratextual, intertextual, structural, and metafictional components, as well as of its illustrations, in order to show how they synergically contribute to the creation of a dense and most intriguing book capable of throwing new light on our very idea of "children's literature"


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