Nelles and Williams analyze narratives in detective stories, their role, and the ways authors exploit this aspect of story writing (190).
Thus, the article by Senn does not include an analysis of the story in question but provides insights into the ways narrative can shape readers’ attitudes, feelings, and views on the story.Īnother reviewed article does not concentrate on the story by Carson McCullers, but it is concerned with different types of narrative. The reader gets a feeling of being present in the city.
In this case, the use of the tense suggests that the story is told by a person who is currently in the city and the one who can describe the site in detail. The narrator sets the story displaying the environment and atmosphere. The part written in the present tense can be seen as an example of this distance observer who describes the city where the story unwinds. This effect of the distant narrator is visible in the story by Carson McCullers. The very use of wording shows the attitude of the narrator towards characters and events, as well as the narrator’s attempts to influence readers’ attitudes. For instance, Senn emphasizes that a detached and neutral narrator can help in bringing out the most personal, “immediate and direct appeal to the reader” (232). Although Werner Senn analyzes different types of narrative that are apparent in Conrad’s stories, the article sheds some light on the way narration can shape stories and help the author convey the necessary ideas.
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