- Title
- Slippery Stuff: The Construction of Character in The Sun Also Rises
- Author/Creator
- Peter Messent
- Publication Details
- New Readings of the American Novel: Narrative Theory & Its Application, pp.86-129
- Annotation
- Structuralist approach relying on the theories of Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan to discuss the construction of character in relation to action and speech. Argues that Jake, Brett, and others, despite individual inconsistency and self-division, blur into one another when analyzed together. Concludes that the notion of autonomous individuality is a myth.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015131612403691
Book chapter
Slippery Stuff: The Construction of Character in The Sun Also Rises
New Readings of the American Novel: Narrative Theory & Its Application, pp.86-129
1990
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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