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It strikes me that none of our readers can afford to be without this book! I'm an admirer of John Mullan's 'Guardian' columns, and this is definitely something that we should be reviewing. Edward Fenton. 'The Oxford Writer A brilliant crash course in contemporary fiction Waterstones Books Quarterly
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Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading groups and in the interest of a non-academic readership in the discussion of how novels work. Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the rich resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. Nick Hornby's adoption of a female narrator is compared to Daniel Defoe's; Ian McEwan's use of weather is set against Austen's and Hardy's; Carole Shield's chapter divisions are likened to Fanny Burney's. Each section shows how some basic element of fiction is used. Some topics (like plot, dialogue, or location) will appear familiar to most novel readers; others (metanarrative, prolepsis, amplification) will open readers' eyes to new ways of understanding and appreciating the writer's craft. How Novels Work explains how the pleasures of novel reading often come from the formal ingenuity of the novelist. It is an entertaining and stimulating exploration of that ingenuity. Addressed to anyone who is interested in the close reading of fiction, it makes visible techniques and effects we are often only half-aware of as we read. It shows that literary criticism is something that all fiction enthusiasts can do. Contemporary novels discussed include: Monica Ali's Brick Lane; Martin Amis's Money; Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin; A.S. Byatt's Possession; Jonathan Coe's The Rotters' Club; J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace; Michael Cunningham's The Hours; Don DeLillo's Underworld; Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White; Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love; Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections; Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time; Patricia Highsmith's Ripley under Ground; Alan Hollinghurst's The Spell; Nick Hornby's How to Be Good; Ian McEwan's Atonement; John le Carre's The Constant Gardener; Andrea Levy's Small Island; David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas; Andrew O'Hagan's Personality; Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red; Ann Patchett's Bel Canto; Ruth Rendell's Adam and Eve and Pinch Me; Philip Roth's The Human Stain; Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything Is Illuminated; Carol Shields's Unless; Zadie Smith's White Teeth; Muriel Spark's Aiding and Abetting; Graham Swift's Last Orders; Donna Tartt's The Secret History; William Trevor's The Hill Bachelors; and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road .
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THE Novel, that most accessible, democratic of literary forms, must establish its contract with its reader. Lesen Sie die erste Seite Ausgewählte Seiten ansehen
Buchdeckel | Copyright | Inhaltsverzeichnis | Auszug | Stichwortverzeichnis | Rückseite
THE Novel, that most accessible, democratic of literary forms, must establish its contract with its reader. Lesen Sie die erste Seite Ausgewählte Seiten ansehen
Buchdeckel | Copyright | Inhaltsverzeichnis | Auszug | Stichwortverzeichnis | Rückseite
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A Wonderful Introduction to Literary Criticism
6. Juni 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
I've only written one other Amazon review, but I thought that the 1 star rating was grossly unjust, so here I go!
Mullan introduces literary criticism by actually analysing various new and classic novels. He never `talks down' to the reader, but he also assumes you have no background in literary criticism (i.e.-me!). I feel like I learned as much from reading this book as I would have from an intro college class.
The book is arranged by theme. The chapters are: beginning, narrating, people, genre, voices, structure, detail, style, devices, literariness, and ending. That pretty much sums up what you're going to learn about. Mullan has a nice, structured style: the beginning of every chapter summarises his points and outlines what books we're going to look at and what details we're going to find. He keeps the digs at contemporary authors to a minimum, despite his obvious membership in `literary circles,' which is refreshing. I've probably read about half of the books he analysed (and when I read this, I was a twenty-year-old American who had never taken an English class); for those that I hadn't read, he gives enough background that I don't feel like I'm missing out. He does a pretty good job about avoiding spoilers until the last chapter, which discusses novels' endings. Fortunately, I had read most of the books in this chapter, but there was one part where I had to actually shut my eyes and turn the page so that a novel I've been meaning to read wasn't ruined!
I'm very grateful to Mullan for providing me the tools to analyse the books that I read in a more detailed and organised manner. For anyone out there who is intelligent and curious about literary criticism, but doesn't have any kind of background in it, this book is a godsend. It's also just great to read a book by someone who obviously loves reading and loves fiction.Sometimes, it seems like fiction is still judged as `lesser' than non-fiction; Mulland truly shows its power. Highly, highly recommended.
I'll end with one of my favourite quotes from the book: "The Novel is a genre that would have us believe that its characters might have a life beyond its pages."
Mullan introduces literary criticism by actually analysing various new and classic novels. He never `talks down' to the reader, but he also assumes you have no background in literary criticism (i.e.-me!). I feel like I learned as much from reading this book as I would have from an intro college class.
The book is arranged by theme. The chapters are: beginning, narrating, people, genre, voices, structure, detail, style, devices, literariness, and ending. That pretty much sums up what you're going to learn about. Mullan has a nice, structured style: the beginning of every chapter summarises his points and outlines what books we're going to look at and what details we're going to find. He keeps the digs at contemporary authors to a minimum, despite his obvious membership in `literary circles,' which is refreshing. I've probably read about half of the books he analysed (and when I read this, I was a twenty-year-old American who had never taken an English class); for those that I hadn't read, he gives enough background that I don't feel like I'm missing out. He does a pretty good job about avoiding spoilers until the last chapter, which discusses novels' endings. Fortunately, I had read most of the books in this chapter, but there was one part where I had to actually shut my eyes and turn the page so that a novel I've been meaning to read wasn't ruined!
I'm very grateful to Mullan for providing me the tools to analyse the books that I read in a more detailed and organised manner. For anyone out there who is intelligent and curious about literary criticism, but doesn't have any kind of background in it, this book is a godsend. It's also just great to read a book by someone who obviously loves reading and loves fiction.Sometimes, it seems like fiction is still judged as `lesser' than non-fiction; Mulland truly shows its power. Highly, highly recommended.
I'll end with one of my favourite quotes from the book: "The Novel is a genre that would have us believe that its characters might have a life beyond its pages."
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wonderful for a novelist
30. Juni 2011
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Mullan's approach opens up alternatives for a novelist than I, for one, had not considered. It helps me, as I am writing my new novel about a Nazi's choices, to consider the effect of what I have written so far and thus to make changes. Mullan provides neither popular review nor academic analysis, but something rather delightfully different. ... author of The Heretic, A Good Conviction and Case Closed.
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How Novels Work by John Mullen
19. Februar 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
This book's stated purpose is to help readers better understand current novels. I found it helpful as a reader and a novelist. It certainly expanded my writer's vocabulary.
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