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The rendering or creation of character involves far more than the commonplace ideas of direct description and reported dialogue : what the character says and does or what others say about him . Indirect methods are more effective and ...
The rendering or creation of character involves far more than the commonplace ideas of direct description and reported dialogue : what the character says and does or what others say about him . Indirect methods are more effective and ...
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The point of view an author actually uses for a story helps to direct our response to the work as well as to suggest or express the story's theme . 1. Narrative method . The choice of narrators , and therefore of the kind of ...
The point of view an author actually uses for a story helps to direct our response to the work as well as to suggest or express the story's theme . 1. Narrative method . The choice of narrators , and therefore of the kind of ...
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Because the narrator of a story told by indirect method has a definite or definable personality and name , he or she is often called a ' persona ' in order to distinguish the technique from a more depersonalised variety of direct method ...
Because the narrator of a story told by indirect method has a definite or definable personality and name , he or she is often called a ' persona ' in order to distinguish the technique from a more depersonalised variety of direct method ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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