Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)
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papers analyze Atwood's art. Monika Bottez provides a contextual analysis of The Handmaid's Tale , while Edina Szalay's paper explores the process of getting rid of certain self-deceptions in the course of what she calls "the Gothic Mother-Daughter Plot." One of the most outstanding papers in the collection is Michelle Gadpaille's textual analysis of the complex metaphoric and metonymic language of Alias Grace . Another interesting essay is János Kenyeres's paper that reflects a great respect for the heritage of Northrop Frye in Canadian as well as in world literature. The writer analyzes Frye's notion of 'kerygma', a vision of truth revealed by a sense of interpenetration, present in his seminal books of criticism. A challenging notion sums up the distinct features of Frye's legacy arguing that in Frye's criticism "rhetoric is tied in with freedom". Incorporating literature and culture studies, historical and current issues in a post-conference periodical or practically any collection of essays is always a challenge. In Canada and the Millennium an attempt was made to find a proper selection and ordering criteria. All in all, a tribute must go to the editor who provides the opportunity for European as well as Canadian contributors to explore various perspectives, a wide range of subject matter, style and depths of analysis, reflecting the variety of the critical horizon in Canadian letters. 220
