After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac

På disse sider finder du Studienets analysehjælp til novellen "After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac" af Rachel Cusk. I analysehjælpen giver vi dig et overblik over de elementer i denne novelle, som det er godt at tage med i en analyse. Derudover får du vores bud på temaer i teksten og hjælp til perspektivering.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac” (2003)
Forfatter: Rachel Cusk
Genre: Novelle

Rachel Cusk (f. 1967) er en canadiske forfatter bosiddende i Storbrittanien. Hun har skrevet otte romaner, ikke-fiktive bøger og adskillige noveller. Cusk's litterære talent er blevet anerkendt med flere priser.

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Title

The title of the short story, “After Caravaggio's Sacrifice of Isaac”, is a reference to a painting by Renaissance artist Caravaggio. The painting illustrates the Biblical scene in which Abraham is about to sacrifice his son Isaac to God and an angel stops him. The title is symbolic for the story’s plot, as the narrator comes close to sacrificing his relationship with his son Ian, to prove his love for another woman. Just as Abraham was stopped by an angel sent by God, the narrator is willing to go through with his plan, but he is prevented by the woman who asked him to leave his son in the first place.

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