How novels work

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This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past.



Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of weather is set against Austen's and Hardy's; Carole Shield's chapter divisions are likened to Fanny Burney's. Each section shows how some basic element of fiction is used. Some topics (like plot, dialogue, or location) will appear familiar to most novel readers; others (metanarrative, prolepsis, amplification) will open readers' eyes to new ways of understanding and appreciating the writer's craft. How Novels Work explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist. It is an entertaining and stimulating exploration of that ingenuity. Addressed to anyone who is interested in the close reading of fiction, it makes visible techniques and effects we are often only half-aware of as we read. It shows that literary criticism is something that all fiction enthusiasts can do. Contemporary novels discussed include: Monica Ali's Brick Lane; Martin Amis's Money; Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; A.S. Byatt's Possession; Jonathan Coe's The Rotters' Club; J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace; Michael Cunningham's The Hours; Don DeLillo's Underworld; Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White; Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love; Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections; Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; Patricia Highsmith's Ripley under Ground; Alan Hollinghurst's The Spell; Nick Hornby's How to Be Good; Ian McEwan's Atonement; John le Carré's The Constant Gardener; Andrea Levy's Small Island; David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas; Andrew O'Hagan's Personality; Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red; Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; Ruth Rendell's Adam and Eve and Pinch Me; Philip Roth's The Human Stain; Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated; Carol Shields's Unless; Zadie Smith's White Teeth; Muriel Spark's Aiding and Abetting; Graham Swift's Last Orders; Donna Tartt's The Secret History; William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors; and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road .

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How Fiction Works

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Forster s aspects of the novel and milan kundera s the art of the novel how fiction works is a study of the main elements of fiction such as narrative detail characterization dialogue realism and style rediscover this deep practical anatomy of the novel from the strongest literary crit Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Art Of Fiction

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In this entertaining and enlightening collection david lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings drawing on writers as diverse as henry james martin amis jane austen and james joyce in this entertaining and enlightening collection david lodge considers the art of fiction Uiterlijk 7 februari in huis .. MEER INFO

The Art of Fiction

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In this entertaining and enlightening collection david lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings drawing on writers as diverse as henry james martin amis jane austen and james joyce looking at ideas such as the intrusive author suspense the epistolary novel magic reali Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 14 februari 2008

Aantal pagina's: 368

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: John Mullan

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Originele titel: How Novels Work

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 25 mm

Product lengte: 195 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 127 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 26 mm

Verpakking lengte: 195 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 536 g

EAN: 9780199281787

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