Narrative Levels and Voices: A Study of R.K.Narayan’s “The Guide”
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The Guide is considered as the most representative novel known for its complex narrative structure. To convey the story the novel uses anachronies, memory, ellipsis, scene and pause. There is an ulterior narration in the novel in both the stories since the homediegetic narration is also a memory. The novel begins with an impression that the heterodiegetic narrator will tell the story of Raju but after three pages of the text Raju reveals himself as a homediegetic narrator. Narayan employs the heterodiegetic narrator for the present narrative movement. Time and again internal focalization is used to make us aware of the inner mind of characters. The past narrative movement is given to the homediegetic narrator so that he can judge himself objectively, and assess his actions with detachment. There is a psychological and temporal gap between the narrating ‘I’ and narrated ‘I’. By studying the diegetic narrators we see how a narrative effect is achieved in the narrative. The present paper proposes to analyze the different narrative levels and voices employed by R.K.Narayan in his most popular novel The Guide.
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Seema Gupta, Jyoti Syal, Bhim Singh Dahiya
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