Narrative Consciousness : : Structure and Perception in the Fiction of Kafka, Beckett, and Robbe-Grillet /

Narrative Consciousness : : Structure and Perception in the Fiction of Kafka, Beckett, and Robbe-Grillet / / George H. Szanto.

Comparatively little critical attention has been devoted to narrative technique in modern fiction, and formal analysis of the work of Kafka, Beckett, and Robbe-Grillet in particular has for the most part been limited to short studies in journals, many of these in languages other than English. The cr...

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Szanto, George H.,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction: Narrative Consciousness
  • Part I: KAFKA
  • 1. The Inevitability of Ritual: Life Cycle of a Kafka Character
  • 2. A Derivation of Meaning from Point of View
  • Part II: BECKETT
  • 3. The Form of Consciousness: Modified Patterns
  • 4. The Dominance of Point of View
  • Part III: ROBBE-GRILLET
  • 5. Toward a New Novel: A Theory for Fiction
  • 6. Internalized Reality: The Subjective Point of View
  • 7. Structure as Process: The Temporal Point of View
  • CONCLUSION
  • Conclusion: A Third Way in Modern Fiction
  • APPENDIXES
  • 1. Kafka in France
  • 2. Kafka Criticism
  • 3. Beckett Criticism
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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