After planning what I wanted to do my EPQ on for a while, I have finally settled on something that has interested me as a literature student and aspiring author for a while now: the use of narrative voice and viewpoint.
Two things sparked my interest in this topic, and these stemmed from books that I have studied and read for pleasure. Firstly, the unique and unconventional narrators used by many authors (mainly, but not exclusively, modern). Secondly, the narrative voice and, more specifically, the use of change in narrative voice throughout texts. Therefore, for this project, I will be looking at novels and short stories over plays and poems, mainly because this applies more to this field.
I have been collecting various books that discuss this topic from the college library and a local university library, and, from those I have collected, I have selected a few which will be the most beneficial. I will be focussing on these books in this blog post and creating a separate post dedicated to the web links and other sources I find.
The first book I have selected is 'Beginning Theory', by Peter Barry. This is subtitled as an 'introduction to literary and cultural theory.' Published in Manchester by Manchester University Press in 2002, this book dedicates a whole chapter to narratology. This will prove incredibly helpful to my investigation as it will offer an insight into the actual study of narratology and its practices. This will prove as a technical partner to my own examples of novels I, myself, have read and will give my findings more of a scientific grounding.
The second book I have selected is 'How Fiction Works', by James Wood. This book was published in London, 2009, by Random House. The book not only dedicates a chapter to narrating, but also to 'Flaubert and Modern Narrative'. This chapter should prove very interesting to my investigation as it will add to my research by means of historical context. Flaubert is accredited in the book as the person to revolutionise modern narrative, and so this should contribute to the historical side of my findings.
The third (and final, for this post) book I have chosen to look at is 'Literature, Criticism, and Style', by Steven Croft and Helen Cross. This is a slightly older book, published in 2000 by Oxford University Press, Oxford. This book is labelled as a 'practical guide to advanced level English Literature'. As this is a more academic book, intended for use by students, the chances are it will be less helpful in finding the specifics that I require for this project. However, section ii in this book is dedicated to 'developing your language of criticism'. Although not directly linked and fairly dubious, this section does feature some discussion of the topic in general, and so it should aid in my findings, even if it is tenuous.
So, for now, I have at least made a start in collecting findings on my topic of choice, thus concluding that this will be an area that is open to investigation.
- A. Kennedy
02/08/2017
Two things sparked my interest in this topic, and these stemmed from books that I have studied and read for pleasure. Firstly, the unique and unconventional narrators used by many authors (mainly, but not exclusively, modern). Secondly, the narrative voice and, more specifically, the use of change in narrative voice throughout texts. Therefore, for this project, I will be looking at novels and short stories over plays and poems, mainly because this applies more to this field.
I have been collecting various books that discuss this topic from the college library and a local university library, and, from those I have collected, I have selected a few which will be the most beneficial. I will be focussing on these books in this blog post and creating a separate post dedicated to the web links and other sources I find.
The first book I have selected is 'Beginning Theory', by Peter Barry. This is subtitled as an 'introduction to literary and cultural theory.' Published in Manchester by Manchester University Press in 2002, this book dedicates a whole chapter to narratology. This will prove incredibly helpful to my investigation as it will offer an insight into the actual study of narratology and its practices. This will prove as a technical partner to my own examples of novels I, myself, have read and will give my findings more of a scientific grounding.
The second book I have selected is 'How Fiction Works', by James Wood. This book was published in London, 2009, by Random House. The book not only dedicates a chapter to narrating, but also to 'Flaubert and Modern Narrative'. This chapter should prove very interesting to my investigation as it will add to my research by means of historical context. Flaubert is accredited in the book as the person to revolutionise modern narrative, and so this should contribute to the historical side of my findings.
The third (and final, for this post) book I have chosen to look at is 'Literature, Criticism, and Style', by Steven Croft and Helen Cross. This is a slightly older book, published in 2000 by Oxford University Press, Oxford. This book is labelled as a 'practical guide to advanced level English Literature'. As this is a more academic book, intended for use by students, the chances are it will be less helpful in finding the specifics that I require for this project. However, section ii in this book is dedicated to 'developing your language of criticism'. Although not directly linked and fairly dubious, this section does feature some discussion of the topic in general, and so it should aid in my findings, even if it is tenuous.
So, for now, I have at least made a start in collecting findings on my topic of choice, thus concluding that this will be an area that is open to investigation.
- A. Kennedy
02/08/2017
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