Law and literature: interdisciplinary reflections from the work “The Children Act”, by Ian McEwan

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https://doi.org/10.21119/anamps.22.433-457

Keywords:

Ian McEwan, "The Children Act", law and literature, interdisciplinarity

Abstract

This study is about Ian McEwan's novel The Children Act (2014) and seeks to analyze how the author discursively reconstructs the legal sphere in fiction. The probing of the relations between reality and fiction makes it possible to formulate questions about social references, especially regarding the way narratives produce meanings in the sociocultural scope and recreate current economic policies from reality. In addition, the article verifies the relevance of literature as a possibility for critical reflection on Law.

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Author Biography

Cássia Escoza, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas/ FFLCH/USP

Ph.D. in Portuguese Language and Literature by Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Post-doctorate in Portuguese Language and Literature, at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Published

2016-12-30

How to Cite

ESCOZA, C. Law and literature: interdisciplinary reflections from the work “The Children Act”, by Ian McEwan. ANAMORPHOSIS - International Journal of Law and Literature, Porto Alegre, v. 2, n. 2, p. 433–457, 2016. DOI: 10.21119/anamps.22.433-457. Disponível em: https://periodicos.rdl.org.br/anamps/article/view/230. Acesso em: 13 mar. 2025.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016): julho-dezembro

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