Narratology

Introduction In the content of this second Theoretical Application, an analysis will be done on two theoretical pieces of literature and one applied piece. The two theoretical readings are “Trauma Theory” and “Cultivation Theory.” The applied reading is titled “Postcolonialism and Narrative.” There will be a comparison of the similarities and the common ideas between the three pieces, as well as an example the phenomenon, discussed in the context of everyday life. The real life example will…

In many movies the audience can fairly rely on everything they are seeing. The audience is usually the first to know something important, sometimes 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…

In Toni Morrison’s, The Bluest Eye, the author uses point of view as a method to highlight her way of writing. To display a different view of the occurring events throughout the novel, an array of narrators are used. The basic intention of doing this is to give us, as the reader an insight, without denouncing anyone in particular. This technique also allows certain characters, such as Claudia and Pecola, to be much more intensely emphasized. Throughout the narration an accumulation of various…

In “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle tells a story of a late night with three boys. The narrator, Digby, and Jeff headed out to Greasy Lake after a long night of going in and out of every bar in town. The narrator, who remains nameless, tells the story. The narration of this story gives the reader a certain insight to the story. In Boyle’s “Greasy Lake”, the first person narration provides insight for the reader to experience things as the narrator does. The narration in “Greasy Lake”…

This essay will explore the narrative perspective of Herman Melville’s’ ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener’ and Peter Carrey’s’ ‘American Dreams’ and how narration can affect the way in which a story is read. Both of these authors use the narrator to tell the story in a different manner, all with different perspectives. McCall states “narrators are unreliable by definition. Fiction told in the first person is inherently deceptive” (1989, p.106) and this biased point of view obviously affects the readers…

Character cane defined as any person, animal or figures represented in a literary work. There are many types of characters that exist in literature. For example, A Doll's House is a play written by Henrik Ibsen. It focus on the difference between women and men during 19 century. There are many major characters play important roles in the play. Nora Helmer is the heroine of the play. She is the wife of Torvald Helmer, and has three children, still a young woman. She is kind, she bought gifts for…

‘Quest for Truth and Self-realization’ in Raja Rao’s Short Stories Raja Rao with his manifold contribution to Indian fiction in English in terms of language and style, remains unparalleled in India. To portray essential Indian sensibility, and modes of thought, he has made a creative use of the resources of the English language. Being a careful and conscious artist who is disciplined in himself, Raja Rao allows himself plenty of time to give a perfect shape to his metaphysical ideas. By…

Mark Twain, O. Henry, and John Steinbeck all have very unique writing styles. Mark Twain uses regional dialect which is a language that represents the character and where they are from, like how they use grammar and pronunciation. O. Henry uses plot twist. Plot twists are when something just pops up out of nowhere. John Steinbeck uses social commentary. Social commentary is problems in society. All of these elements of style helped them write all of their amazing stories. Whitewashing the…

Historical and Cultural context have to be one the most important parts of reading and analyzing works of literature. The historical context can give you background to better understand character’s actions in a story. Cultural context can also help explain a character’s action based on his or her beliefs. It can also explain why a character would do something in contrary to what is believed to be right. Two examples of this can be found in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a…

Kino was once a simple man who lived a simple life, content with his home and family. He realizes he can obtain much more which uncovers his true greed, and selfishness. In John Steinbeck’s novella The Pearl, Steinbeck emphasizes how materialism corrupts and destroys through the values and intentions other characters have regarding the pearl, the harm caused to Kino’s family, and the death of Kino’s own son. Kino was once someone content with his simple and indigent life, yet his values,…