Which Story do you Prefer?': The Limits of the Symbolic in Yann Martel's Life of Pi
This article investigates the symbolic and the material in Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi. I develop through psychoanalytical and phenomenological argumentation a reading of Martel's book as an updating of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, in the sense that each tempts its protagonist to t...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2020]
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Literature and theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-100 |
RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
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