Den andra personen. Om Italo Calvino och experimentell berättarteknik
(2013) LIVK10 20122Comparative Literature
- Abstract
- This paper examines the use of second person narration in the short story ”A King Listens” by Italo Calvino. The main goal is to highlight and answer the following questions: (1) How does the second person narration work in this case? (2) Why would a writer choose this particular type of narration? (3) Who is the narrator in Calvino’s short story? Narratology is utilized as a toolbox for this analysis, along with the theoretical writings of Calvino himself. The most important answers given in this paper are the following: (1) The narration in A King Listens is characterized by three main tendencies, which all point in different directions and makes possible a multiplicity of interpretations (how) (2) Although second person narration is a... (More)
- This paper examines the use of second person narration in the short story ”A King Listens” by Italo Calvino. The main goal is to highlight and answer the following questions: (1) How does the second person narration work in this case? (2) Why would a writer choose this particular type of narration? (3) Who is the narrator in Calvino’s short story? Narratology is utilized as a toolbox for this analysis, along with the theoretical writings of Calvino himself. The most important answers given in this paper are the following: (1) The narration in A King Listens is characterized by three main tendencies, which all point in different directions and makes possible a multiplicity of interpretations (how) (2) Although second person narration is a postmodern trend, it is nevertheless a surprising move that will puzzle and fascinate the reader for a variety of reasons that are explored in this paper (why) (3) Most likely, the narration in this case is a mystification that hides what is actually a self-addressed interior monologue (who). (Less)
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- author
- Entzenberg, Christopher LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Second Person: On Italo Calvino and Experimental Narration
- course
- LIVK10 20122
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- narratology, narrator, second person perspective, Italo Calvino
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 3411703
- date added to LUP
- 2013-02-20 13:36:57
- date last changed
- 2013-02-20 13:36:57
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