Essays Tagged: "time scheme"

The Narrative Structure of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Examine the structure of the novel, particularly the time scheme.focus on three aspects of the narration:>The Third Person Narrator>The Time Sc ... different opinion on Miss Brodie.An intersting feature of the novel is the use of a non-linear time scheme.-The novel begins in 1936 but quickly jumps back to 1930. On page 10, it says "This i ... , then on the same page she is in a nursing home, a few weeks before she died.The jumping of the time scheme adds suspense to the novel as a whole. The reader does not know who betrayed Miss Brodie ...

(3 pages) 62 1 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Fragmentation in The Life and Opinion of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman written by L. Sterne

discontinuity. (There was a certain king of Bo - - he --- ) Also the running motifs occurring from time to time may function as fragments, but their presence usually joins previous topics together.Ti ... usually joins previous topics together.Time scheme is also unconventional. There is mix of present time and past events.As Tristram claims himself "in a word, my work is digressive, and it is progres ...

(4 pages) 9 0 5.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature