Bénarès de Barlen Pyamootoo: narration versus description
Bénarès de Barlen Pyamootoo: narration versus description

Author(s): Zlatorossa Nedeltcheva-Bellafante
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: narration, descriptionnarrative rhythm; narration dynamic; narration scope; descriptive interlude
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the narration specificities of the novel Benares by the Mauritian writer Barlen Pyamootoo, as well as the narration itself – description ratio and its impact on the narrative rhythm. We try to determine the role description plays for the economy of narration in the text, where its place is important, and we also analyze the extent to which description integrates the narrative. We consider that the dynamic of narration is subdued, giving place to monotony, and this, in our view, is a sought reception effect.

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