ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great Expectations”?
A
Direct or epic method
B
Documentary method
C
Stream of Consciousness technique
D
Autobiographical method
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Great Expectations is written in the first-person point of view, with Pip acting as both the protagonist and narrator of the novel. Pip doesn’t narrate events as they happen, but looks back at his life and tells the story based on what he remembers, a style known as retrospective narration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Dickens uses irony and satire in his novel  ’Great Expectations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Great Expectations is a novel (type) written in the Bildungsroman tradition (genre).

Detailed explanation-4: -Philip Pirrip, called Pip, is the protagonist and narrator in Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations (1861). He is amongst the most popular characters in English literature. Pip narrates his story many years after the events of the novel take place.

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