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Alice Munro's narrative art

Isla Duncan

Abstract

Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories.

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Introduction Isla Duncan

pp.1-18

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137000682_1
The confiding first-person narrator Isla Duncan

pp.19-30

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Changing perspectives Isla Duncan

pp.31-52

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Competing testimonies Isla Duncan

pp.53-72

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The "queer bright moment" Isla Duncan

pp.73-90

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"The love of a good woman" Isla Duncan

pp.91-103

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What is remembered Isla Duncan

pp.105-123

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"A constant reworking of close personal material" Isla Duncan

pp.125-146

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"Marooned on islands of their own choosing" Isla Duncan

pp.147-162

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137000682_9

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2011

Pages: 184

DOI: 10.1057/9781137000682

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-34159-7

ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-00068-2

Full citation:

Duncan Isla (2011) Alice Munro's narrative art. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.