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Saul Bellow's Creation of Ambiguity and Deception in Herzog and The Dean's December

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 and to criticisms of the texts to demonstrate the absence of norms and the effect that the ambiguity and deception may have on readers.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc501232
Date08 1900
CreatorsBanks, Paul J. (Paul Jerome)
ContributorsKobler, J. F. (Jasper Fred), 1928-, Chadwick-Joshua, Jocelyn, Richardson, Peter, 1959-
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 99 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Banks, Paul J. (Paul Jerome)

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