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Tobol vs Game of Thrones: Towards cognitive metaphors of the contemporary historical novel
https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2018-6-34-49
Abstract
The paper deals with the contemporary transformation of a historical novel. Unlike the traditional ‘costume’ genre, where the plotline, subject matter and psychology adhere to a certain historical period, a modern historical novel is growing more metaphorical, if not altogether fantasy-like. An example can be found in G. R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted into the TV series Game of Thrones: the saga which, by his own admission, inspired one of the renowned present-day Russian ‘historical’ prose-writers, A. Ivanov, to create a novel that wasn’t just historical, but also metaphorical, not unlike Martin’s, with the ideas and images of modern Russian civilization depicted in a condensed and emblematic manner. The article analyses the metaphorical fabric of Martin’s novels and of Ivanov’s two-volume Tobol, noting those of their common features that can influence the future of the genre.
Supporting agencies: Russian Science Foundation (project No. 17-78-30029)
About the Author
E. A. Pogorelaya
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena A. Pogorelaya – Candidate of Philology
6/1 Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125993
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Pogorelaya E.A. Tobol vs Game of Thrones: Towards cognitive metaphors of the contemporary historical novel. Voprosy literatury. 2018;(6):34-49. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31425/0042-8795-2018-6-34-49
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