Author’s name:
Оlga Lukmanova
Abstract:
The article traces the history and motivation behind George MacDonald’s mythopoetical fantasies Phantastes (1858) and Lilith (1895) which serve as symbolic “bookends” to his career of a novelist. The author discusses the genre of the fantasies, postulating that they display the qualities outlined in Mikhail Bakhtin’s description of the romance genre, whose specific chronotope provides them with meaning-making structure, often missed by Western scholars. The article also outlines a number of MacDonald’s creative principles including the dialogical nature of writing and reading imaginative fiction, multiple meanings and interpretation of any imaginative work, as well as the artistic value of potentiality and of a less conventional structure and plot.
| Section | CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF LITERARY DISCOURSE |
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| Key words | George MacDonald, “Phantastes,” “Lilith”, mythopoeia, romance, multiple meanings, dialog, a mythical vertical. |
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