Section: week 4. Text: time, characterisation, focalization (La Chanson de roland) | COM6006/FRE6006 - Narrative in Theory and Practice: Analysing and Creatively Responding to French Literature Through the Ages - 2021/22

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Code: COM6006/FRE6006

Semester: A

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This lecture will cover 'text', the second aspect of narrative as described by Rimmon-Kenan, and the sub-categories of 'time', 'characterization' and 'focalization'. Continuing our reflection on La Chanson de Roland, we will analyse various narrative features of laisses 88-91.

In advance of the session, students should read Chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Narrative Fiction. Students should also begin reading La Princesse de Clèves.
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