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‘An Ancient Procession’: Memory, Myth and Movement in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant

‘An Ancient Procession’: Memory, Myth and Movement in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant AbstractThe novels of Kazuo Ishiguro span a variety of literary genres but are unified by a profound interest in the workings of memory. Guided by recent scholarship in the field of cultural memory studies, this essay analyses Ishiguro’s seventh novel, The Buried Giant, in the context of the Middle English romance traditions which it echoes both formally and thematically. In doing so, it argues that the novel’s use of Arthurian myth is a technique by which to illuminate and explore the role of literature in the formation of collective memory and cultural identity. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the International Arthurian Society de Gruyter

‘An Ancient Procession’: Memory, Myth and Movement in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant

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Abstract

AbstractThe novels of Kazuo Ishiguro span a variety of literary genres but are unified by a profound interest in the workings of memory. Guided by recent scholarship in the field of cultural memory studies, this essay analyses Ishiguro’s seventh novel, The Buried Giant, in the context of the Middle English romance traditions which it echoes both formally and thematically. In doing so, it argues that the novel’s use of Arthurian myth is a technique by which to illuminate and explore the role of literature in the formation of collective memory and cultural identity.

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Journal of the International Arthurian Society – de Gruyter

Published: Sep 1, 2022

Keywords: Kazuo Ishiguro; Middle English romance; cultural memory studies; Arthurian literature; medievalism

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