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February 16, 2026Short Fiction in Theory and Practice

The joke is on us: Images, materiality and visionary realism in Alice Munro’s ‘Eskimo’

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JSJ. R. (Tim) Struthers

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Overview

Article analyzes imagery and materiality in Munro’s ‘Eskimo,’ highlighting its challenge to story interpretation.

Key Points

  • This article examines the significance of images and materiality in Alice Munro's story ‘Eskimo’.
  • Situates Munro’s story within critical contexts of various thinkers and critics.
  • Explores connections to Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
  • Employs literary analysis to dissect narrative themes and reader assumptions.
  • Identifies how Munro’s story challenges conventional assumptions about writing and reading stories.
  • Demonstrates the interplay between nonsense-like qualities and deeper literary meanings.

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J. R. (Tim) Struthers (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6992652ceb1f82dc367a0f0dhttps://doi.org/10.1386/fict_00140_1
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