Narrative Techniques

AZS210 : TMA01
Amutha Lechmee
PI : U7481766

Question

“Jane Austen ‘shows’ readers the clues for interpretation through the use of dialogue, free indirect speech and focalization whereas Turgenev ‘tells’ the reader what to think through his preference for direct narrative.” In an essay of not more than 1600 words, discuss

i) How far the quotation above applies to the two passages below AND
ii) How narrative presentation affects your reading of each heroine (Elizabeth Darcy and Anna Sergeevna) as both reassess their potential suitors in the passages.



Authors often adopt various characterization techniques in their endeavor to enhance the reader’s understanding of the characters in a story. A writer can either use the ‘telling’ method to tell what happens, describing emotions and reactions of characters or use the more dramatic, ‘showing’ method which allows reader interpretations through ‘seeing’ and ‘hearing’ characters act and...