Proust, Beckett, and Narration

by James H. Reid

Book Overview

This a comprehensive comparison of the narrative techniques of two of the twentieth century's most important writers of prose. Using a combination of theoretical analysis and close readings of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu and Beckett's trilogy of novels, Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable, James H. Reid compares the two novelists' use of first-person narration in constructing and demystifying fictions of consciousness. Reid focuses on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521141850
• ISBN13: 9780521141857
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"