3.2 Petry article - key Points Flashcards
What did Lawrence Graver call Stevens’ discourse?
A “Corseted idiom”
Petry claims “Stevens narrates in his very own language code”, but what are the features which substantiate this interpretation?
His use of periphrasis, euphemisms, paralipses and litotes
What does Stevens’ playing down of events emulate?
The narrative of Etsuko
Who stated it was more about what Stevens didn’t say within Remains?
Graham Swift
What was the contemporary atmosphere at the time of writing Remains (intertextually?)
Suez Crisis
What similarity exists between Stevens and Ono?
Embroilment with fascism - the Jewish affair “for the good of the house”
What does Gurewich establish about Stevens?
“It is only through his master that Stevens manages to establish his own worth”
What is the ‘other’ story behind Remains?
A love that failed, or a “sentimental love story”
What does Ishiguro do whilst Stevens is ‘driving forward, looking backward’?
Reminiscing of older narrative prose:
- The picaresque novel - a bildungstrip (King)
- Allusions to Lane and Jeeves
- Sherlock Holmes
What quote from Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes almost mirrors Stevens?
“He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and (ob)serving machine that the world has ever seen
What could the journey from Darlington Hall to Kenton represent?
A journey of self liberation after a lifetime of self imprisonment
What are the three relationships Stevens develops?
With his two fathers, one biological, one class-oriented, and Miss Kenton.
What do Farraday and Kenton represent?
Kenton the past and tradition, Farraday change and present
What does Hassan say about the novel?
The novel simultaneously perfects and subverts its own literary tradition
What does Ishiguro himself say about the Englishness of Remains?
It’s more English than English
