Lit * ------------------------------------------------- Notes on Non-Realist Modes * ------------------------------------------------- Mode – a way of looking at the world. * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- 1) Magic Realism * ------------------------------------------------- - Mode of fiction apart from romance and realism * ------------------------------------------------- - A term that hints at disbelief
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After many years of suffering alone he turned to writing to express the trauma he went through. Although his stories are fiction the emotions he aims to provoke from readers mirrors the emotions he felt overseas. His use of metafiction and imagery forces readers to question the purpose of O’Brien’s writing eventually leading to them feeling as O’Brien felt. O’Brien was once asked to define his relationship between the happening truth and the story truth and his response explains
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Ghost World and its metaphysics Being a teenager‚ I have realized that reality needs some adjustments. It was the first time I found people around useless and incapable of understanding the complex mixture of feelings dwelling in me. I found salvation in teaching myself how to express ‘no’ as a part of speech and mostly within‚ not without. But Daniel Clowes did not seem to care much about censorship while writing “Ghost World”‚ one of the best graphic novels about adolescence and its mechanism
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fundamentalism and Capitalistic ideology prevalent in Iran through this graphic novel. History is usually a serious subject but in Persepolis it has been dealt with in a comic way. Metafiction: Persepolis is a Metafiction as it involves self-reflexivity‚ rejects conventional plot and violates narrative levels. Metafiction attempts to blur the line between fiction and reality. In Persepolis Marjane often breaks out of the narrative to address the reader‚ or comments on the story or events of the novel
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People understand things differently from each other. This is because people’s experiences are distinct and their reaction to certain events that occur differs. This is why people respond differently when they are placed in the same situations. There are those who are able to face discomforts and trials‚ but there are also those who walk away. Ursula Le Guin’s “ The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a good example of a Metafictional text because it lacks a central or conventional plot; it is
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In essence‚ there is no certainty in any form of truth. As a result‚ authors and poets make use of various literary devices in their writing to collectively convey a truth. Writers may use something as complex as metafiction in order to remove their lenses from the truth they are attempting to communicate. On the other hand‚ devices as simple as imagery and metaphors can be used to create a truth. In writing a good story‚ there must be an existent harmony that brings the piece to the next level
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the general reason for Chaucer’s writing of The Tales? 9. In Courtly Love‚ where does attraction begin? RENAISSANCE Be able to name and/or define the following characters and terms: Sanson Carrasco Existentialism Saxo Grammaticus Metafiction Sancho Panza Cide Hamete Benegelli Picaro/Picaresque Alonso de Avellanda Be able to answer these short answer questions: 1. What is the subject of Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” speech? I expect a fully developed answer. 2. So what is Hamlet’s
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………………………………………………………………………………………….. 28 Comparison with Modernist Literature ………………………………………………………………… 28 Common themes and techniques ………………………………………………………………………… 28 Irony‚ playfulness and black humor and Intertextuality ……………………………………….. 28 Pastiche‚ metafiction‚ fabulation‚ poioumena and temporal distortion ……………….. 30 Magic realism‚
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fiction‚ however this passage is more‚ it’s a piece that teaches a class what makes fiction‚ rather than simply telling them a moralistic war story. While O’brien’s use of fictional techniques such as‚ jargon‚ second person voice‚ verisimilitude‚ metafiction‚ and repetition within the passage are what create the sense believability‚ being able to recognize the use of such techniques is ironically also what allows the reader to critically analyze and question the reliability of O’Brien. In the end fragments
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Kurt Vonnegut‚ the author of Slaughter-house Five‚ wrote several novels compacted into one whole novel to convey a different perspective on a specific view controversial to many. Slaughter-house Five is metafiction that talks about Vonnegut’s experience in the war. Throughout the story‚ we follow Billy Pilgrim as he experienced several events in the war and ultimately the bombing of Dresden. Through several characters‚ dialogue and events we are presented within the novel‚ we get the use of several
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