<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This essay examines the concept of the past in Graham Swift’s Last Orders, showing that it is illustrated through symbols in a postmodernist manner, being associated with the figure of a dead character perceived as a living presence and with a book whose analysis can offer multiple interpretations. Focusing on the symbols of the past and evincing the metafictional condition of Graham Swift’s novel, this essay remarks that the past is open to the readers’ analysis and different interpretations.</p></abstract>

This essay examines the concept of the past in Graham Swift’s Last Orders, showing that it is illustrated through symbols in a postmodernist manner, being associated with the figure of a dead character perceived as a living presence and with a book whose analysis can offer multiple interpretations. Focusing on the symbols of the past and evincing the metafictional condition of Graham Swift’s novel, this essay remarks that the past is open to the readers’ analysis and different interpretations.

The Symbolic Past in Graham Swift’S Last Orders

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This essay examines the concept of the past in Graham Swift’s Last Orders, showing that it is illustrated through symbols in a postmodernist manner, being...

The Symbolic Past in Graham Swift’S Last Orders

Published Online: Jan 18, 2019

Page range: 37 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0006

Keywords
duty, the past, the present, respect, unity of vision

© 2019 Elisabeta Simona Catană, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Symbolic Past in Graham Swift’S Last Orders

Published Online: Jan 18, 2019

Page range: 37 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2018-0006

Keywordsduty, the past, the present, respect, unity of vision

© 2019 Elisabeta Simona Catană, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
duty, the past, the present, respect, unity of vision