Introduction: the narrative ethics of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The editors Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort introduce the special issue on The Narrative Ethics of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet. They briefly contextualise Smith’s four novels —Autumn (2016), Winter (2017), Spring (2019), and Summer (2020)—and its reception, and outline how this special issue originated at the MLA International Symposium which was themed Being Hospitable: Languages and Cultures Across Borders (Glasgow, 2022). They introduce the contributions, which are bookended by two interviews with Ali Smith conducted by email in October 2023 and in person in June 2022. Andeweg and Van Amelsvoort argue that rather than a prescriptive or universal norm, hospitality in the Seasonal Quartet results from attention and appreciation in specific situations, as an aesthetic practice.
Source: C21 literature
DOI: 10.16995/c21.17944
Authors: Agnes Andeweg, Jesse van Amelsvoort
Institutions: Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403172533