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A Narratological Analysis of Doris Lessing’s the Summer Before the Dark

Author: DuHongYun
Tutor: JiShengLei
School: Hebei Normal
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Narrative Discourse Narrative techniques Self-discovery Self-liberation
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract


Doris Lessing, contemporary British literature outstanding woman novelist. She is a writer known for constant innovation, she continued to explore emerging issues in contemporary society, and put them reflect on the theme of the novel. Lessing life has created many outstanding works of literature and writing skills are very innovative, which had a profound impact on world literature. Because of her outstanding contribution to world literature, Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. \After the publication of the novel, and soon became a bestseller and get the close attention of critics sessions. \In this paper, Genette's narrative discourse as the theoretical basis of a detailed analysis of a variety of novel narrative techniques. Papers body part consists of three chapters. Detailed analysis of the first chapter of the novel and varied narrative order. In the novel, Lessing did not strictly chronological arrangement of the event but in Kate and her past experiences with her vision for the future experiences are woven together throughout the summer in order to achieve the effect of constantly changing narrative sequence. Flashbacks and pre Syria and the time of rapid change and so seemingly narrative fiction narrative methods in order to make a mess, but it is the hero of self-discovery and self-Kate liberation inner confusion and pain during the performance. Detailed analysis of the novel Chapter diverse narrative tone. In the novel \The use of multiple narrative focus of the narrative and the distance between the patchwork narrative so vivid and real work. In addition, the provincial state with repeat applications of the novel's narrative rhythm rich detail appropriate to make the novel more meaning and appeal. The third chapter analyzes the novel multiple narrative voices. In the novel \In the second narrative layer, the hero Kate as a critical and ironic narrator narrative voice recounts her story and the story of Mary, expressed her a good mother and wife's views, while giving Maureen to enlightenment. In addition, the novel as a narrator full Maureen little confusing narrative voice recounts her story to help herself and Kate to solve their problems, out of trouble. Through multiple narrative voices, Lessing expressed as Kate and Kate is grow old like a contemporary British society in the tragic fate of the women with deep sympathy. Concluding section summarizes the full text of the analysis, seemingly chaotic narrative sequence, the patchwork of narrative distance, appropriate levels of detail of the narrative rhythm and multiple narrative voices, so that \Narrative form to serve the content, content can be expressed in the form. Through the use of a variety of narrative techniques, Lessing heroine Kate shows in the summer of self-discovery, self-liberation painful experience, which for contemporary society increasingly elderly women how to solve the puzzles of life in a profound revelation, and therefore research Learn Lessing's work and her unique writing style has a very important practical significance.

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