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An Analysis of Narrative Techniques in the Former Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro

  • Unique Paper ID: 175145
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 1821-1824
  • Abstract:
  • Ishiguro’s earliest novels, A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World, were set in Japan after World War II. After the war, Masuji Ono had a hard time adjusting to the new ways of life. Although set in post-war England in the 1950s, The Remains of the Day has similarities with Ishiguro’s earlier work, An Artist of the Floating World, in its exploration of conflicting loyalties and ideals during the Imperial era. These novels depict the subtle overplacings of ambiguity of memories, identity and regret. The characters’ unreliability, which is explicitly understood via narrations, forms the strong base for the unreliable narratives in all the novels. Mostly, the pacing in first-person narration brings the chaotic experiences of the characters very close for examination. Estuko, Ono and Stevens are the protagonists of the novels A Pale View of the Hills, An Artist of the Floating World and The Remains of the Day, respectively, and are closely paced in various forms of narration, especially as unreliable narrators, to rekindle the regrets of past, missed opportunities and mixed pyscholocial conditions.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 1821-1824

An Analysis of Narrative Techniques in the Former Novels of Kazuo Ishiguro

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