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- David Lodge -
Narration Techniques in Changing Places
The subject, according to the title of this essay, are the narration techniques Lodge uses in Changing Places and the different ways of handling them. A short description of the modus operandi shall be given for a better organisation of the essay: First the novel will be introduced in the chronological order of Lodge’s works and in the genre. Afterwards Lodge’s intentions and the discourse of his work will be dealt with. The main part of the essay is dedicated to the narration techniques of the different chapters.
The novel Changing Places belongs to the genre of campus fiction, which emerged in America in the 1940s. ... In Lodge’s case, adding the clash of cultures, the story deals with both.
His campus fiction is contained in three novels published between 1975 and 1988: Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work. ... Although there is the continuity of places and characters, the books were never planned as a trilogy.
David Lodge called Changing Places and some of his other works a ‘problematic novel’ , because in his role of a critic he demanded and argued for a balance of reality and fiction in the novel. “Although the novel [Changing Places] allows for a straightforward realistic reading, there are other dimensions to the text. ...
In Changing Places Lodge creates two parallel and connected plots, an artificial symmetry, which he calls a ‘duplex chronicle’.
Approximate Word count = 1148
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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