Global Regional Review

Abstract

The psychology of allusion is often multi-faceted as a reference to an artefact, which could be a character from a literary piece, the quoted words of a character, a place in the country or an event from history. The reference item should be familiar to the readers. The current research identifies literary allusion in The Financer (1912) and the characters referred to Ouida's Tricotrin (1869), Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847), Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr's A Bow of Orange Ribbon (1886), Edward Bulwer Lytton's Kenelm Chillingly (1874), and William Shakespeare's Macbeth (1603) which is explained with reference to the plot of Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire: The Financier (1912), The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947). The available literature review testified that a thorough evaluation of the allusions within the novel had not been accomplished to date, although these allusions link the literary pieces of the greatest minds in literature.

Authors

1-Sahibzada Aurangzeb
HEC Scholar (PhD), Qurtuba University of Science and Technology Hayatabad, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

2-Liaqat Iqbal
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

3-Sahibzada Jehanzeb
HEC Scholar (PhD), Qurtuba University of Science and Technology Hayatabad, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

Keywords

Allusion, Multi-Facet, Culture, History, Intended Meaning

DOI Number

10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).18

Page Nos

169-175

Volume & Issue

V - II