In this article, I discuss linguistic and cognitive aspects of Munro’s style in “The Peace of Utrecht.” First, I examine how Munro uses subordination, semicolons, syntactic variations, and creative semantic prosodies. These features give the story’s prose its halting, uncertain, and probing qualities. Second, I explain the conceptual blend Munro evokes by referring at least twice to the historical event of The Peace of Utrecht (1713) in her story. Ending the War of the Spanish Succession was complex, but the relationship between the sisters in this story is equally complex
When questioned by interviewers about matters of craft, Alice Munro is usually vague in her respons...
Alice Munro’s talents lie in her ability to present stories that successfully appear real, and not f...
Un des phénomènes grammaticaux les plus saillants dans l’œuvre d’Alice Munro est son emploi répété d...
The article deals with literature as well as the formulation of general methodological or aesthetic ...
The paper aims to stylistically analyze the autobiographical elements in Alice Munro’s Story “Dear L...
This is the first time that the Journal of the Short Story in English has entirely dedicated a speci...
Alice Munro’s second collection, Lives of Girls and Women (1971), provides a portrait of the artist ...
Although Alice Munro is a contemporary writer who has denied having any interest in a literary trad...
Abstract Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer and the recipient of many literary honours, in...
Par l’intermédiaire d’une comparaison avec la romancière Anne Tyler, il s’agit ici de mettre en lumi...
This issue of Revue Etudes Canadiennes/ Canadian Studies, (n°77) is devoted to Alice Munro’s short f...
Frequently commented-upon themes in Munro’s oeuvre include the mores of small societies, gender role...
This essay analyzes two recent stories by Alice Munro, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” (Hateship, ...
The essay looks at Munro’s use of dashes and parenthetical structures in four stories from the colle...
The tendency among contemporary women writers to look inside themselves for material for fiction is ...
When questioned by interviewers about matters of craft, Alice Munro is usually vague in her respons...
Alice Munro’s talents lie in her ability to present stories that successfully appear real, and not f...
Un des phénomènes grammaticaux les plus saillants dans l’œuvre d’Alice Munro est son emploi répété d...
The article deals with literature as well as the formulation of general methodological or aesthetic ...
The paper aims to stylistically analyze the autobiographical elements in Alice Munro’s Story “Dear L...
This is the first time that the Journal of the Short Story in English has entirely dedicated a speci...
Alice Munro’s second collection, Lives of Girls and Women (1971), provides a portrait of the artist ...
Although Alice Munro is a contemporary writer who has denied having any interest in a literary trad...
Abstract Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer and the recipient of many literary honours, in...
Par l’intermédiaire d’une comparaison avec la romancière Anne Tyler, il s’agit ici de mettre en lumi...
This issue of Revue Etudes Canadiennes/ Canadian Studies, (n°77) is devoted to Alice Munro’s short f...
Frequently commented-upon themes in Munro’s oeuvre include the mores of small societies, gender role...
This essay analyzes two recent stories by Alice Munro, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” (Hateship, ...
The essay looks at Munro’s use of dashes and parenthetical structures in four stories from the colle...
The tendency among contemporary women writers to look inside themselves for material for fiction is ...
When questioned by interviewers about matters of craft, Alice Munro is usually vague in her respons...
Alice Munro’s talents lie in her ability to present stories that successfully appear real, and not f...
Un des phénomènes grammaticaux les plus saillants dans l’œuvre d’Alice Munro est son emploi répété d...