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Tag: Literary Devices

The Aleph – Literary Devices

Posted on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 by JL Admin

 The Story’s Epigraphs  The two epigraphs that precede ‘‘The Aleph’’ serve as introductions to the story’s plot as well as short commentaries on its issues. The first, from Shakespeare’s  Hamlet,  is said by the title character to his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: ‘‘O God! I could be bound in a nutshell, and count myself a…

What We Cannot Speak About We Must Pass Over in Silence – Literary Devices

Posted on February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 by JL Admin

 Stream of Consciousness  In this story, Wideman uses a stream-ofconsciousness and experimental language, both reminiscent of the work of the Irish novelist James Joyce (1882–1941). Stream-of-consciousness presents an interior monologue of the narrator, allowing us to see inside the mind of the character as it associates ideas and moves along in a flow of thoughts….

Someone to Talk To by Deborah Eisenberg – Literary Devices

Posted on October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by JL Admin

 Point of View  “Someone to Talk To” is written in the third person limited omniscient; however, because the reader has access to only Aaron Shapiro’s thoughts and emotions, and no one else’s, the effect is similar to that of a first-person narrative. This is important, because otherwise readers would not experience the psychological upheaval that…

Paris 1991 – Literary Devices

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by JL Admin

 Imagery  Walbert uses selected images to convey a scene, focusing on certain details to describe a street or view through a window. Her style is reminiscent of the Imagists, including Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell, a group of American and British poets in the second decade of the twentieth century who were noted for the…

The Necessary Grace to Fall – Literary Devices

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by JL Admin

 Imagery of the Human Body  The story contains much imagery of the human body in its different forms. Leonard’s muscular physique is emphasized, as is the physical presence of the corpse of Svea Johnson. But the main examples are in reference to Howard. Unlike Leonard, who is extremely comfortable inside his own skin, Howard is…

The Middleman by Bharati Mukherjee – Literary Devices

Posted on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 Setting  The unnamed Central American country is evoked in full sensory detail. The weather is hot and soon the rains will come, but at the moment it is “so dry it could scratch your lungs.” The wildlife is exotic: “Bright feathered birds screech, snakeskins glitter, as the jungle peels away. Iguanas the size of wallabies…

Melon by Julian Barnes – Literary Devices

Posted on September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 by JL Admin

 Symbolism  Barnes conveys the significance of the story through the use of symbols. One of the most obvious symbols is the game of cricket. To Sir Hamilton, cricket represents a community of rich and poor, brought together by individual skills. Barnes uses the game as a means of revealing social assumptions. The privileged aristocrats enjoy…

Meeting Mrinal – Literary Devices

Posted on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022 by JL Admin

 Setting  The story is set in two locations: India, where Asha was brought up and married and which is presented only in her memories and California in the United States, where she now lives. As well as being two separate countries, India and the United States have two different cultures and sets of social expectations….

Last Courtesies – Literary Devices

Posted on September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 by JL Admin

 Suspense  Suspense in this short story is created out of fear of others. Vladimir is so eccentric he is hard to understand. His emotions are unstable and some of his actions are unsociable. He is as likely to explode as he is to read poetry or play a piano composition by Bach. So when the…

Immortality by Yiyun Li – Literary Devices

Posted on September 21, 2022September 21, 2022 by JL Admin

 Point of View and Setting  The point of view from which the story is told is an unusual one, since the narrator is not an individual voice but a collective one: the members of the town stretching over a period spanning many generations. This point of view effectively conveys a sense of community; the town…

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