Parodic metafiction : an approach to self-reflexive fiction in two works by John Barth by Kofman, Gustavo E.

“…The present study aims at elaborating on the connection between two concepts in the field of literary studies, namely metafiction and parody, alongside other related notions, such as the function of irony as a rhetorical mechanism and the use of myths as intertexts. Among the several scholars who address these topics, Rose (1979 and 1993), Hutcheon (1980 and 1985), and Waugh (1984) specifically deal with how these concepts relate to one another. …”
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Abjection of the female body in The Cutting Room and The Bullet Trick : the contemporanization of the patriarchal system by Tregnaghi, Gisela Leylén

“…The second chapter, which deals with the Gothic and its conventions, explores concepts related to the genre, such as its founding myth, male Gothic and female Gothic, and attempts to provide revised, more thorough definitions of such terms. …”
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