Reading Fiction: Opening the Text
In what ways does the opening of a novel relate to the narrative that unfolds from it? What are the different approaches to close reading a page of prose fiction? How does reading a text for a second time affect our understanding of the significance of its opening?In this unique book, Peter Childs discusses the opening lines of 24 widely-studied literary texts from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. These analyses amount to both an overview of modes of fiction over the last 300 years and also a guide to techniques of close reading. The extracts are taken from the work of novelists ranging from Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie. This…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Hutton, M.
- ISBN: 978-0-333-80134-5
- EAN: 9780333801345
- Produktnummer: 8417832
- Verlag: Macmillan Education UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
- Auflage: 2001
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 249
Über den Autor
PETER CHILDS is Senior Lecturer in English at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education.
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