No. 67 (2017): Southern Archive (philological sciences)
Literary process: theoretical and historical aspects

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE NOVEL “ELIZABETH COSTELLO” BY J.M. COETZEE

М. PSHENYCHNA

Published 2017-04-24

Keywords

  • J.M. Coetzee,
  • narration,
  • self-reflective modus,
  • storytelling,
  • metacommentary,
  • meta-reflection
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Abstract

The study deals with the narrative structure of J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Elizabeth Costello”, which is a kind of self-reflective writing. The conformity between “main” and “intercalated” texts is revealed, that is provided with a plot as well as a mode of narration. All forms of literary self-reflection are analyzed in detail.