Myth, language and identity in The Seal Woman

Abstract

The concept of cultural identity/identities is one of the paths down which we can go to examine and illustrate the theme of maintaining the national. National identities are irrevocably intertwined with cultural identities as these are frequently, though not always, nation specific. This paper will analyse some aspects of Beverley Farmer's The Seal Woman to show how Farmer has used literary discourse to express the cultural identity of an individual character whose experiences are in more than one country.