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Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man ( 1952 ) is a good example of strict chronology , except that the whole story is told by the narrator after he has lived through all the experience . We already know that he has opted out of society and ...
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man ( 1952 ) is a good example of strict chronology , except that the whole story is told by the narrator after he has lived through all the experience . We already know that he has opted out of society and ...
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In other words the normal techniques of characterisation may be employed , on the one hand , or the narrator's character may be deduced from the attitudes and values exhibited as the story is told , on the other .
In other words the normal techniques of characterisation may be employed , on the one hand , or the narrator's character may be deduced from the attitudes and values exhibited as the story is told , on the other .
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The story itself often shifts to an immediate and dramatic presentation of action which no housekeeper could have known about as it involves very private and intimate conversations , etc. The combination of very different points of view ...
The story itself often shifts to an immediate and dramatic presentation of action which no housekeeper could have known about as it involves very private and intimate conversations , etc. The combination of very different points of view ...
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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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