Browsing by Author Pellicer-Ortín, Silvia
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In the original article, the acknowledgement part missed to appear in the original article, hence the correct acknowledgement has been updated which is “The research for this article was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2021-124841NB-I00) in collaboration with the European Regional Development Fund (DGI/ERDF) and the Government of Aragón (H03_20R)”. |
The main purpose of this article is to explore the ways in which Linda Grant’s A Stranger City can be defined as illustrative of BrexLit. Many literary critics have argued that the majority of works within the genre of BrexLit primarily address this phenomenon from the British perspective, thus portraying its consequences only for the UK (mostly England) and British characters. I contend that A Stranger City is quite different from these works as it is concerned with the manifold experiences of various European citizens set in London against a background of xenophobia, nationalism and political tensions. Drawing on the tools provided by close reading, I will show how A Stranger City s... |
