Saul Bellow's Creation of Ambiguity and Deception in Herzog and The Dean's December
Description:
Argues that Bellow purposefully creates ambiguity and deception using impersonal narration and free indirect discourse in order to present Herzog and The Dean's December as reflections of an ambiguous and deceptive world. The discussion of impersonal narration is based on Wayne Booth's theories about the confusion of distance resulting from impersonal narration; the discussion of free indirect discourse is drawn from a number of definitions. Utilizes a number of specific references to the texts…
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Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Banks, Paul J. (Paul Jerome)
Partner:
UNT Libraries