In the passage from the novel Alias Grace by Margret Atwood, the author uses many narrative techniques to convey the feelings and thoughts of the main character Grace Mark. ... The author obviously put a lot of thought and effort into the novel because the imagery is incredible and her narrative techniques convey Grace's unsteady state of mind and obvious delirium. ...
NARRATIVE STYLE AND STRUCTURE Told in retrospect, the novel is a first person narrative in chronological order of the events of the summer of 1922 with Gatsby's personal history revealed through various flashbacks spaced intermittently throughout the plot. ... Additionally, being selective with what was included in the plot by using the technique of delayed character revelation emphasises the theatrical quality of Gatsby's life and heightens his shroud of mystery. ... Additionally, juxtaposition is incorporated into the narrative style of the composer's language to manage th...
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...
