The Fantastic in France and Russia in the 19th Century: In Pursuit of Hesitation

by Claire Whitehead

Overview

This book attempts to reveal how the fantastic operates and how it produces its effects, and analyses the devices and techniques used by the fantastic in order to produce hesitation in the mind of the reader. It proceeds through an analysis of one French and one Russian work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367604363
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2020
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Claire Whitehead is Lecturer in Russian at the University of St Andrews.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Abbreviations x

Introduction 1

1 Reliability and Shifting Perspectives: Hesitation in Heterodiegesis 13

Introduction 13

Part 1 Realist Borrowings in the Fantastic 16

Part 2 Narrative Authority and the Fantastic 20

Part 3 Hesitation and the Heterodiegetic Voice 25

2 Personality and Multiple Voice: Hesitation in Homodiegesis 40

Introduction 40

Part 1 Hesitating Syntax in the Homodiegetic Context 43

Part 2 The Role of Narrator Personality 47

Part 3 Narrative Levels and Relative Authority 64

3 Madness and Narrative Disintegration: Hesitation and Coherence 78

Introduction 78

Part 1 Unstable Openings 81

Part 2 Homodiegetic Disintegration in Le Horla 91

Part 3 Heterodiegetic Incoherence in The Double 105

4 Narrative Play and Generic Disruption: Hesitation and Self-Consciousness 120

Introduction 120

Part 1 Early Departures from Generic Conventions 123

Part 2 Ironic Exploitation of Generic Models 130

Part 3 Problematizing the Status of the Discourse 144

Conclusion 154

Bibliography 159

Index 167