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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-12-116-94
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2022.12.116.94
Language: English
Citation: Dzamukashvili, N. (2022). The Truth of the Characters of the Polyphonic Novel by Julian Barnes. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 12 (116), 1108-1111. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-12-116-94 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2022.12.116.94 |
Pages: 1108-1111
Published: 30.12.2022
Abstract: The aim of the article is to show the “multiple” truth that readers are exposed to in a polythonic novel according to Julian Barnes' famous novel Talking It Over (1991). As expected for a polyphonic novel, the main protagonists, Gillian, Stuart and Oliver are completely different characters. "Pluralism" of the novel of this genre, or "Democracy" if you will, allows the autonomous narratives of three narrators: there are as many people, as many points of view, as many truths. Rare is the case when the main characters see eye to eye when accounting for one and the same cruical events in their lives. The article shows how the diverse personalities being juxtaposed with one another are bound to deliver their truth, self-justifying in most cases, to their listeners, that is to us, the readers.
Key words: Barnes, polythonic novel, truth, plurality of voices, diversity.
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