TY - JOUR
T1 - Healing, Catharsis and Reconciliation
T2 - Water as Metaphor in Ghost River
AU - Sefton-Rowston, Adelle
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - This article explores the possibility of intercultural catharsis through literature,metaphorical connections and representations of place in Tony Birch’s Ghost River (2015). Water, rain and essentially the river, symbolise the building of a nation and the repair of Indigenous and non-Indigenous race relations.Aristotle’s theory of catharsis is deconstructed and built upon using Indigenous philosophies and intercultural dialogue to explore ideas about relationship building as a spiritual journey connected to the textual directionsof the landscape.
AB - This article explores the possibility of intercultural catharsis through literature,metaphorical connections and representations of place in Tony Birch’s Ghost River (2015). Water, rain and essentially the river, symbolise the building of a nation and the repair of Indigenous and non-Indigenous race relations.Aristotle’s theory of catharsis is deconstructed and built upon using Indigenous philosophies and intercultural dialogue to explore ideas about relationship building as a spiritual journey connected to the textual directionsof the landscape.
UR - http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/?page_id=1488
U2 - 10.17456/SIMPLE-46
DO - 10.17456/SIMPLE-46
M3 - Article
SN - 1824-5226
VL - XIV
SP - 86
EP - 94
JO - Le Simplegadi
JF - Le Simplegadi
IS - 16
ER -