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A central aspect of Robin Jenkinsâs fiction is his exploration of human fallibility and the ambiguous nature of goodness through a portrayal of central characters whose experiences bring them towards self-knowledge and love of their fellow humans. Through these aspects of his charactersâ development, Jenkins consistently emphasises the essentially flawed nature of humanity and thereby the near impossibility of achieving moral perfection. These central characters, or âpilgrims of conscience,â undertake a moral pilgrimage of sorts in the course of their story. In order to demonstrate the importance of the moral pilgrim figure in Jenkinsâs fiction, the first part of the chapter explores in more general terms the function and development of the pilgrim of conscience through the course of Jenkinsâs work. After this, the essay focuses on how Jenkinsâs central concerns are revealed through his portrayal of an exemplary type of the moral pilgrim, Bell McShelvie in Guests of War (1956).

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The Fiction of Robin Jenkins

Some Kind of Grace

ä¸ç¼ï¼ SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature, å·ï¼ 26and SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature Online, å·ï¼ 26

ISBN:: 9789004342491

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