Eloquent Reticence : Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative /

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The importance of the ethics of form in literature has only recently gained broad recognition and has thus far been explored mainly from the position of moral philosophy and critical theory. Leona Toker develops a narratological approach to the subject, based on studying ""reticence"&...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Toker, Leona
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Faulkner, William.
Roman.
Engels.
Verteltheorie.
Zwijgen.
Fictie.
Erzähltechnik
Unvollkommene Information
Geschichte
Schweigen
Silence in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Fiction > Technique.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Narration.
Silence dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
English fiction > History and criticism.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The importance of the ethics of form in literature has only recently gained broad recognition and has thus far been explored mainly from the position of moral philosophy and critical theory. Leona Toker develops a narratological approach to the subject, based on studying ""reticence"" in works of fiction. Reticence consists in narrative techniques through which writers create information gaps that build interest, enhance tension, and control the reader's comprehension of theme, character, and event. Using novels by Fielding, Austen, Dickens, Conrad, Forster, and Faulkner, Toker demonstrates how.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780813164816

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