NARRATIVE OVER-REACHING? ANACHRONY AND FOCALIZATION IN GEORGE ELIOT’S THE LIFTED VEIL
NARRATIVE OVER-REACHING? ANACHRONY AND FOCALIZATION IN GEORGE ELIOT’S THE LIFTED VEIL
Author(s): Jacek MydlaSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: anachrony; anticipation; focalization; metafiction; retrospection; sympathy;
Summary/Abstract: Two basic categories of narrative theory are used to examine George Eliot’s 1859 novella: anachrony (retrospection and anticipation, but chiefly the latter) and focalization (especially the so-called “internal focalization”). The paper shows how these two devices work together to render the complexities of human psyche. Special emphasis is placed on the story’s meta-fictional dimension.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 49-54
- Page Count: 6
