Weaving Balzac's Web: Spinning Tales and Creating the Whole of La Comédie HumaineSumma Publications, Inc., 2003 - 269 strán (strany) This study explores the process by which Balzac made use of the unique structure of his fictional world to create subtlety and complexity both within and between the individual works of "La Comedie humaine." Internal narrations--scenes of story-telling--offer a particularly rich field of study as characters tell each other stories about other characters. Because of the system of recurring characters, Balzac's narrative framing creates layers of meaning, thus raising questions that resonate throughout the whole textual edifice. "Weaving Balzac's Web" shows how story-telling scenes can serve as windows into the depths of Balzac's masterpiece and reveal the carefully construction complexities and ambiguities that lie enmeshed in its vast narrative web. |
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The Narrators | 7 |
The CharacterNarrators | 19 |
Je est plusieurs autres The FirstPerson Narrators | 53 |
Contents continued | 77 |
1 | 78 |
Sharing Tasks and Blurring Lines | 121 |
The SelfRealization of a Departmental Muse | 162 |
The Embedded Narratives | 183 |
Conclusions | 247 |
Bibliography | 261 |
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Weaving Balzac's Web: Spinning Tales and Creating the Whole of La Comédie ... James Madden Zobrazenie úryvkov - 2003 |
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