March 24, 2004

Rivella

I thought this was an interesting book. Espcially because it is the first NOVEL on the course. See i think it is a novel because of the narritive structure. In a lot of ways it reminds me of the style Dickens uses in his novels. I also think that a novel can be autobiographical and that the two dont neccisarily have to coincide. It seems to me there are enough ironic moments, and metafictional moments in the novel to make it a contrived peice of fiction rather than a straight autobiographical account of the facts.

Posted by webasst at March 24, 2004 02:28 AM | TrackBack
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Well, we'll have to agree to differ. Though it's certainly not "straight autobiography": it's some sort of hybrid.

Posted by: Dr. J. at May 3, 2004 01:02 AM