Стилистический Анализ Ragtime by Doctorow E.L.
Analysis
“Ragtime” is a novel set in America at the beginning of this century. Its characters reflect all that is most significant and dramatic in America’s last hundred years. The author, E.L. Doctorow, an American writer, is famous for his novels which include “Welcome to Hard Times” and “The book of Daniel” which was nominated for a national Book Award. The story “Ragtime” is written in the third person narration. The narrator is omniscient and unobtrusive as he doesn’t interfere and doesn’t show his opinion. The setting is dynamic and it is given explicitly. We may see that the action takes place in United States of America as such words as “New York”, “Manhattan” are mentioned. The time covers few weeks. We may also guess the season. By the words “a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums which in this season had to have cost him a pretty penny” we may say that it was a cold time of the year, may be it was winter. But this information is given implicitly. So the composition consists of exposition, complication, climax and denouement. The exposition gives us information about Coalhouse Walker, but this information scatters all throughout the extract. The complication gives us information about the situation referring to Coalhouse Walker and Sarah. The complication gives us information about the situation referring to Sarah and Coalhouse Walker. As for me the climax of the story is silence after Coalhouse Walker’s playing: “There was another silence”, the narrator says. This moment is the most tense. The last sentences form the denouement and so we come to know that Sarah didn’t appear in front of Coalhouse Walker. Having read the extract we may point out the following conflicts: the external conflict, between Sarah and the comer, and the internal conflict, inside Sarah, in her heart and soul. On the one hand, Sarah loves Coalhouse Walker, on the other hand she can’t forgive him and she suffers because of it. Speaking about the style we may say that it
“Ragtime” is a novel set in America at the beginning of this century. Its characters reflect all that is most significant and dramatic in America’s last hundred years. The author, E.L. Doctorow, an American writer, is famous for his novels which include “Welcome to Hard Times” and “The book of Daniel” which was nominated for a national Book Award. The story “Ragtime” is written in the third person narration. The narrator is omniscient and unobtrusive as he doesn’t interfere and doesn’t show his opinion. The setting is dynamic and it is given explicitly. We may see that the action takes place in United States of America as such words as “New York”, “Manhattan” are mentioned. The time covers few weeks. We may also guess the season. By the words “a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums which in this season had to have cost him a pretty penny” we may say that it was a cold time of the year, may be it was winter. But this information is given implicitly. So the composition consists of exposition, complication, climax and denouement. The exposition gives us information about Coalhouse Walker, but this information scatters all throughout the extract. The complication gives us information about the situation referring to Coalhouse Walker and Sarah. The complication gives us information about the situation referring to Sarah and Coalhouse Walker. As for me the climax of the story is silence after Coalhouse Walker’s playing: “There was another silence”, the narrator says. This moment is the most tense. The last sentences form the denouement and so we come to know that Sarah didn’t appear in front of Coalhouse Walker. Having read the extract we may point out the following conflicts: the external conflict, between Sarah and the comer, and the internal conflict, inside Sarah, in her heart and soul. On the one hand, Sarah loves Coalhouse Walker, on the other hand she can’t forgive him and she suffers because of it. Speaking about the style we may say that it