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FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1978
Description
Gardner's use of unreliable and often intrusive narrative
voices is a structural key to the world view presented
in his novels. All the narrators, whether they be
involved central characters or intrusive third-person
voices, journey toward knowledge and affirmation in
art. In The Wreckage of Ag'athon, the aged seer is
driven by the chaos he cannot untangle to create his
own rationale. Grendel embraces a nihilistic world
view until the monster is finally lifted to a limited
sort of vision as a shaper of experience. The voice
of The Sunlight Dialogues is limited omniscient, yet
the narrator intrudes, reminding the reader that he is
dependent upon an involved point of view. In the
dream-narrative of Jason and Medeia, perhaps the best
utilization of an involved, fallible narrator, the
journey toward affirmative vision balongs more to the
narrator than the hero.
voices is a structural key to the world view presented
in his novels. All the narrators, whether they be
involved central characters or intrusive third-person
voices, journey toward knowledge and affirmation in
art. In The Wreckage of Ag'athon, the aged seer is
driven by the chaos he cannot untangle to create his
own rationale. Grendel embraces a nihilistic world
view until the monster is finally lifted to a limited
sort of vision as a shaper of experience. The voice
of The Sunlight Dialogues is limited omniscient, yet
the narrator intrudes, reminding the reader that he is
dependent upon an involved point of view. In the
dream-narrative of Jason and Medeia, perhaps the best
utilization of an involved, fallible narrator, the
journey toward affirmative vision balongs more to the
narrator than the hero.
Language
Type
Form
Extent
95 p.
Subject (Topical)
Identifier
13911
Additional Information
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.
Date Backup
1978
Date Text
1978
Date Issued (EDTF)
1978
Extension
FAU
FAU
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IID
FADT13911
Issuance
monographic
Organizations
Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
Attributed name: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Attributed name: Department of English
Person Preferred Name
ATWILL, WILLIAM D.
Graduate College
Physical Description
95 p.
application/pdf
Title Plain
THEMATIC RELEVANCE OF JOHN GARDNER'S "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR."
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Origin Information
1978
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Place
Boca Raton, Fla.
Sub Location
Digital Library
Title
THEMATIC RELEVANCE OF JOHN GARDNER'S "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR."
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THE
THEMATIC RELEVANCE OF JOHN GARDNER'S "UNRELIABLE NARRATOR."