Uncovering the Mist of Forced Forgetting: On Forgiveness in The Buried Giant

• 作者: 王盈鑫
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: FORCED FORGETTING FORGIVENESS bindividual CONFRONTATION collective violence
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（4）
• 页码范围: 215-216
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: I106

摘要

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro begins with an elderly couple who start a quest for the past memory which disap pears under the spell of the she-dragon Querig.During,individual confrontations and collective revenges work together to disclose the dark secrets that have been withheld.At the same time,it probes into the problem of forgiveness:can forced forgetting enable individuals or collectives forget their dark history for either love or peace?Based on the analysis of the individual and collective memories embodied in the novel,the present paper by virtue of Paul Ricoeur’s theory of abuses of memory,especially forced forget ting exhumes Ishiguro’s critical attitude towards forced forgetting,which ignores the threatening elements of love and peace like vi olent revenge and betrayal.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	王盈鑫	苏州大学外国语学院	3	0	0.0	0.0