The Point of View (in Four Ways)

• Authors: Zofia Mitosek

Title variants

PL

Punkt widzenia (w czterech odsłonach)

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article aims to analyse four important point of view novels, namely Henry James’ The Ambassadors, Zasypie wszystko, zawieje [Everything Will Be Covered by the Snow] by Włodzimierz Odojewski, The Flanders Road by Claude Simon, and Morfina [Morphine] by Szczepan Twardoch. The notion of point of view serves as a starting point for considering the epistemological aspects of the novel and for tracing its evolution. James, both in his theory and novelistic practice, uses the point of view to make the character’s consciousness the main theme of his novels. Odojewski employs internal monologue to render the characters’ perspective, while Simon combines internal monologue with other voices. Finally, Twardoch’s novel can be interpreted as a parody of the point of view technique.

Keywords

EN

point of view; Henry James; Włodzimierz Odojewski; Claude Simon; Szczepan Twardoch

PL

punkt widzenia; Henry James; Włodzimierz Odojewski; Claude Simon; Szczepan Twardoch

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 8(11) cz.1
• Pages: 129-140

Dates

published

2019-06-28

Contributors

author

Zofia Mitosek

• Uniwersytet Warszawski

Identifiers

DOI

10.32798/pflit.60