'Kubla Khan' and its Narratives of Possible Worlds

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作者
Nayar, Pramod [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hyderabad, Dept English, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
来源
CHANGING ENGLISH-STUDIES IN CULTURE AND EDUCATION | 2013年 / 20卷 / 04期
关键词
Coleridge; Kubla Khan; narrative; possible worlds; utopia;
D O I
10.1080/1358684X.2013.855553
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This essay argues that Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan' is a poem about narrative and specifically focuses on the narrative construction of possible worlds, or even utopian worlds. It notes two pairs of narratives. In pair one the utopian narrative of the monarch's decree which seeks to build a space of pure pleasure is in opposition to the narrative of a prophesy of war. In the second pair the Abyssinian maid's lyric is undermined by the narrative of amnesia where the speaker is unable to recall the lyric. The poem concludes, the essay suggests, with the idea that a possible world can be created only if we can recall the narrative foundations of this world.
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