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The Reality of Women in the Universe of the Ancient NovelEdited by María Paz López Martínez, Carlos Sánchez-Moreno Ellart and Ana Belén Zaera García
[IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 40] 2023
► pp. 244–259
Kidnapping is an essential component of Ancient novel narrative because it is a major force behind the development of the plot. Additionally, kidnapping enables the author to experiment with travelling as a literary mechanism to signify transition (kidnapping initiates travelling which allows for convenient transition points, and supplies closures and openings to narrative units), but also to employ travelling as an allegory for soul-/identitysearching, as a means to trace characterization and as a rite of passage onto maturity.