Byatt has successfully been able to incorporate postmodern ideals through a text that is highly self-reflective in its narrative. ... The outcome is predetermined through the title, however questions for a conclusive narrative are never met, and the responder is left to construe meaning. Simulacra is another technique employed by Byatt that reflects "post-modernism". ... Bricolage is a prominent postmodern technique used by Byatt throughout Possession, to legitimise the relationship between Ash and LaMotte. ... Byatt incorporates postmodern techniques such as bricolage, pastiche and si...

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By employing the use of an omniscient and often intrusive narrator, Forster commands a narrative technique characteristic of Victorian realism; however, the interjection of free indirect discourse within the narrative shows a desire to move away from tradition, a characteristic we would associate with the emergence of modernism; therefore, we can assume that through the ambiguous nature of the narrative form, we are exposed to the authors unease with, and conflicting ideas towards the threat of modernity, not just aesthetically, but within the context of how such dramatic cultural and social u...

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Stylistically and symbolically, narrative representation of Indian art is also a world away from that of the western world. In western art, there is perceived depth of feel through light and shade techniques, this appears in all western artwork and is used to create the contemporary perception of reality we are familiar with today. ... They serve to be purely (and literally) narrative, symbolic and descriptive works of art. In contrast, whenever the effect of the passing of time was represented through narrative works in the context of western art, more often than not, a different 'panel...

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That being said, the narrative of literature has changed drastically from the 18th Century to the 19th/20th centuries. ... Therefore, there are circumstances when a writer's personal experience can influence the story told in their novel, with changing the narrative and characters to transform a personal experiences into a realistic fictional story. ... Flaubert's technique of cinematographic description was amplified through the form in his novels in alternating the point of view in the narrative throughout his work. ...

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