What is the predominant point of view in this novel, and who seems to be the focal character? Illustrate by citing a very brief passage from the novel and showing how it confirms your opinion.
2. Does this novel have any significant shift in FOCUS? What principles of focus seem to govern the novel?
3. What kind of breadth or narrowness of vision is generated for the reader by the point of view employed in the novel? How do the qualities of the focal character influence the reader’s reception? Altogether, what does the point of view contribute to this novel?
4. What kind of ordering of time predominates in this novel? Explain. (If there is a distinct time frame in the narrator’s “present” that differs from the time frame of the story being told, describe it and explain why this difference has been created by the author.)
5. At what points does the narrative significantly slow down or speed up? At what points do conspicuous time jumps occur? Is there a noticeable tempo in the novel?
6. What features of the treatment of time (questions 4 and 5) seem to bear most distinctly upon the novel’s total effect? How?
7. Select several passages from this novel, each reasonably brief, and use them to illustrate a discussion of such stylistic matters as these:
a. special qualities of diction and sentence structure
b. the use of style to Individuate the speech, thought, and personality of given characters
c. the implied presence of the narrator or “author”; her/his level of artificiality; her/his personality
d. the basic vision of life which the style of the novel reflects and extends
8. Take any important character or event of this novel, and describe the kind of distance at which the reader is placed. What factors help to determine this placement, and how? What contribution to this novel as a whole is made by the author’s choice of distance for this character or event?
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]