Alice Munro's Narrative Art [electronic resource] /
Duncan, I.author.
Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The confiding first person narrator -- Changing perspectives -- Competing testimonies -- The 'queer bright moment' -- 'The love of a good woman' -- What is remembered -- 'A constant re-working of close personal material' -- 'Marooned on islands of their own choosing'.
Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories.
Munro, Alice, 1931-
Ethnology.
Literature.
Sociology.
America—Literatures.
Anthropology.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Literature, general.
Gender Studies.
North American Literature.
Anthropology.