The Game of Double Meanings in Andrea Levy’s Small Island and The Long Song
Abstract Double-edged phrases, apparent contradictions and subsequent discoveries make up the intricate narrative web of Andrea Levy’s novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). This paper aims at identifying some of the narrative techniques meant to generate multiple interpretations of...
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Abstract
Double-edged phrases, apparent contradictions and subsequent discoveries make up the intricate narrative
web of Andrea Levy’s novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). This paper aims at identifying some
of the narrative techniques meant to generate multiple interpretations of the characters’ actions in their
search of an identity in a multicultural society. If the story in Small Island is told from the viewpoints of four
different characters, each of them representative of a different mentality, the single narrator in The Long Song
is aware of her own position and willing to offer a vivid account of a changing world. |
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monologue language point of view self-discovery multiple perspective |
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