The Modern Novel (322-3)
Origins of the English novel
origins bourgeois +connected to society
novelist=
mediator btw characters and reader
objective way
linear structure + social pattern (=modello)
NEW Role of Novelist
British society in the inter-war years
moral and psychological uncertainty
mediating btw
solid and unquestioned values of the PAST
confused PRESENT
society<individual
(limited creature, progress in technology)
New Theory
NEW concept of time
the unconscious
NEW Narrative Techniques
NO omniscient narration
intrenal world of a character's mind
simultaneous existence of different levels of consciousness and subconsciousness
Past is retained (=mantenuto)
Past in the Present determines personality of each human being
Different use of Time
subjective+internal
NO chronological sequence of the plot
revelation of an interior reality BY events of everyday life
The Stream-of-Consciousness technique
thoughts+sensation characterise human mind
Inner process
interior monologue
3 Novelists
psychological novelists
development of chacater's mind and on human relationships
subjective narrative technique
exploring the mind of one or more characters and giving voice to their thoughts
social and political problems
society around them
didactic+political stance
anti-utopian / dystopian novels
NO totalitarianism+ sceintific progress