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At every stage in the story , scenes from his past contrast sharply with those of his present life and a point is made which would otherwise have been lost if the plot had been arranged in the order of the actual happenings .
At every stage in the story , scenes from his past contrast sharply with those of his present life and a point is made which would otherwise have been lost if the plot had been arranged in the order of the actual happenings .
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and a climax or unravelling of the original conflict that had set the plot in motion . The effect is to organise subject matter into a logical and expressive structure which also has the benefit of a balanced and satisfying external ...
and a climax or unravelling of the original conflict that had set the plot in motion . The effect is to organise subject matter into a logical and expressive structure which also has the benefit of a balanced and satisfying external ...
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For example , in a threedecker Victorian novel such as Middlemarch ( mentioned above ) we find the landed gentry , professional townspeople and yeoman farmers of a particular place represented in separate yet parallel plots which ...
For example , in a threedecker Victorian novel such as Middlemarch ( mentioned above ) we find the landed gentry , professional townspeople and yeoman farmers of a particular place represented in separate yet parallel plots which ...
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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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