Narrative

used the stream of consciousness, points Dujardin is the inventor of the stream of consciousness. The stream of consciousness is also known interior monologue. After explains Dujardin's works he describes the stream of consciousness technique as a narrative method that authors aim to add colors in their fictional characters. In addition, he used the stream of consciousness in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury as an examples. He said the author uses this techniques to captures their…

stories the Chief tells the kids after the sun goes down, before driving them home. What one may not know, is that the story is actually the Chief’s explanation of things happening in his life but with different scenarios and characters. This framed narrative contains multiple perspectives that help understand the resemblances between many characters. Throughout…

Just about everyone had been in a situation that should have had a negative outcome, but somehow a miracle happened and one walked away with a clean slate. Some may call it fate, but others may call it destiny. These circumstances happen every day in one’s life. Naiburg stated about fate that, “We might call it chance or an emergent property of the field” (446). She also stated how destiny is “accepting all that we are and acknowledging all we have experienced, however shameful” (Naiburg 447).…

“Demolition”, a stilted comedy drama written by Bryan Sipe, was conceived by an extraordinary director and showcased a no less extraordinary cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper. Despite these observations, it’s not an extraordinary movie, showing several problems that turn it into an unfortunate stumble in the filmography of the Quebecois Jean-Marc Valleé. The latter, who deserves all my respect for accomplished works such as “C.R.A.Z.Y”, “Café de Fleur”, “Dallas…

Memories and stories simultaneously provide a catalyzing impetus and stagnating constraint to the lives of characters in Edna O’Brien’s The Little Red Chairs. Early in the novel, the dualistic power of memory is placed on full display as a group of immigrants share their stories with one another. A beautiful Lithuanian waitress named Hedda reluctantly laments her unlucky history in love, as she begins by saying, “Milos and me, we work in the same dining room in Country Waterford and get to know…

Juliet and I happen to have an unhealthy appreciation for Baz Luhrmann’s film verision of the play. However, I had yet to experience any sort of puppetry in Shakespeare, let alone common household objects being used to enact any sort of theatrical narrative. The photograph of the performance, that I have included, shows the narrator, Terry O’Connor, as she places the prince (a metal thermos) into the Montague/Capulet fray from Act I. All of the objects are spread out upon a simple wooden…

even before some of the characters do. Though in The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, we can only rely on everything the narrator is telling us. In the first couple of minutes of the film, the audience is transported into a frame narrative otherwise known as a story within a story. This entire film is based off of the memory of a man being told a story from our main character, Zero Moustafa. This is likely to be an unreliable source were many details may be left out or…

In this short story, the narrators point of view is third person omniscient. What that means is, the narrator is all knowing and provides the reader with more insight than a first person narrator would. To begin with, stories with third person narratives often offer consumers extra insight, that would have otherwise not be provided in first person. Also, third person omniscient is all-knowing. For example, if this story was in first person the reader would not know that Richard, was among the…

effect. John Irving, the author of A Prayer for Owen Meany, utilizes several different techniques to achieve a distinct sense of style in his novel that sets it apart from others. Through the use of unique dialogue and constant transitions to a narrative told from the present, Irving is able to set apart important characters and foreshadow the conclusion of the novel. Irving’s use of unusual dialogue, especially in regards to the character of Owen Meany, holds significant meaning within the…

According to Dianna Carr, a senior storyteller at Envisioning Storytelling, “the shortest route between two people is a story” (Taylor, 2006, p.2.). Along this route of great storytelling, Corus Entertainment was created in 1999. Built upon the foundation of compelling entertainment, Corus began to enrich the Canadian television, radio, and publishing industry by being one of the country’s leading media company. In the words of Corus Entertainment: “We strive to bring the best in storytelling…