| Title: | Changing Reality Through Narrative Identity: Mary Shelley’s Angelina in “The Trial of Love” |
| Author: | Ana Santandreu Aranda |
| Publication: | Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brașov. Series IV: Philology and Cultural Studies, 4 (2), p. 17 |
| p-ISSN: | 2066-768X |
| e-ISSN: | 2066-7698 |
| Publisher: | Transilvania University Press |
| Place: | Brașov |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | In this article I will attempt to explain Mary Shelley’s process to rewrite her personal experiences in the short story “The Trial of Love” (1834) turning it into a discourse of identity. By using what Paul John Eakin defines as a ‘narrative identity’, Mary Shelley manages to modify specific events in her life so that they leave a permanent imprint in history. In this specific short story she adapts her reality to the social conventions of her times so as to suit the audience’s taste and, consequently, be a successful writer in terms of publication. This practical attitude is what distinguishes her from the rest of Romantic authors. |
| Key words: | narrative identity, Mary Shelley, rewriting, short story Romanticism |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf  html |
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