Narrative Disruption as Declaration of Dependence
Nonhuman Agency and Narrative Repetition in “Rip van Winkle”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Quan Wang (0000-0001-5848-4368, Beihang University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 107-124 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718.2016.1249618 |
| OpenAlex | W2557024876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Rip van Winkle’s prolonged slumber atop the Catskills in Washington Irving’s titular story features as a narrative disruption suspending human agency and commencing nonhuman agency. Rip’s narrative repetition is both a declaration of human dependence on an interactive network of cross-species actants and an establishment of anthropocentric mastery over past passivity. The conflict between human reliance and psychological superiority, this article argues, is Irving’s buried truth within the story
Anthropocentrism · Art · Declaration · Environmental ethics · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |