Narrative techniques in Doris Lessing's stories and sketches
Author(s)
Advisor
Kayalar, RüçhanDate
1996Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the themes of Doris
Lessing's short stories and sketches, with particular reference
to the narrative techniques developed mainly by the French
Structuralists Roland Barthes and Gerard Genette. Following
the introduction where these narrative strategies are
discussed, the three developmental chapters of this research -
the first dealing with a child or an adolescent's development,
the second concerning an adult's experience and the third involving the observation of an outsider - try to prove how
"form " clarifies "meaning".
This study also tries to demonstrate how Lessing's style
has changed from referential stories which have well-organized
plot structures and developed characters to sketches having
no story line or central characters to disclose the uncertainties
of modern societies.