A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Teenager: Ethical Literary Criticism and David Mitchell's Black Swan Green

• Main Author: Chen, Jiayi
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Black Swan Green; character focalization; David Mitchell; ethical literary criticism; war writing
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss39/11; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1990/viewcontent/KK_2039_2C_202022_2010_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Ethical_20Literary_20Criticism_2C_20Brain_20Text_2C_20and_20New_20Readings_20of_20World_20Literature_20_28Part_20II_29_20__20Chen.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Inspired by ethical literary criticism, this article1 attempts to bring to critical attention the ethical dimensions of Mitchell’s war writing in Black Swan Green. By analyzing the way in which Jason’s brain text in relation to war formulates and develops, this article tries to throw light on Mitche...