The Storyteller’s "Nostos"Recreating Scheherazade and Odysseus in Kazuo Ishiguro’s "Never Let Me Go"

  1. Manuel Botero Camacho 1
  2. Miguel Rodríguez Pérez
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 40

Número: 1

Páginas: 97-115

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018-40.1.05 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

Resumen

A lo largo de este ensayo se estudiará la narración de Kathy H., protagonista de Never Let Me Go (2005) de Kazuo Ishiguro, como la confluencia de narrativas a través de las cuales el individuo y su comunidad construyen su identidad. Esta convergencia resulta del recuerdo, la tradición literaria y los fetiches culturales que sirven de arquetipos sobre los cuales se construye la narrativa de sus vidas. Dos figuras paradigmáticas se yerguen como pilares interpretativos de la historia: Ulises, el navegante perdido que sueña con el regreso a casa y Sherezade, la habilidosa hilandera de historias de las Mil y una noches. Desde esta perspectiva, el recuento de Kathy se elabora como el intento de retornar al mítico lugar en el que Hailsham se ha convertido para los clones a través de la continua recreación de anécdotas, recuerdos y experiencias. Ante el fracaso de esta empresa, Kathy recurre a métodos alternativos para recuperar este paraíso, lo que conduce a la transformación de la protagonista en una Sherezade distópica en un contexto poscolonial dentro de una narración que explora la relación entre memoria, ficción e identidad.

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