41 pagesIn this thesis I will examine a type of fictional novel that uses a technique termed the “preemptive ending.” Books with a preemptive ending are those which begin their story by informing the reader of the ending of the story. To explore this type of fiction, I will develop three categories of books that utilize a preemptive ending, each category developed by analyzing one book that is exemplary of its respective category. They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera exemplifies novels that tell the reader the ending by announcing it at the start of a book. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston exemplifies novels that show the reader the ending of a book. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller exemplifies novels that assum...
My dissertation argues for a reconsideration of nineteenth-century narrative endings as significant ...
Picking up on the centrality of “the reader” to definitions of dystopian fiction, this short present...
This article examines the epilogue of Dostoevskii’s novel Crime and Punishment from the perspective ...
206 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.A text will achieve closure i...
Perhaps more so than any other writer of his era, Charles Dickens knew how to tell a story that woul...
What makes a good ending? How do we know when something ends? In performance, it is difficult to cha...
Waiting for the End examines two dozen contemporary novels as demonstrations of the continuing conce...
This essay is part of a larger project that investigates the ways in which Burney's endings (in her ...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 221-284.Introduction : a book by any other name -- Speculativ...
To write a novel is more than the final product. The creation and revision of a novel-length work is...
This study examines fanfiction counternarratives written when fans reacted negatively to the Superna...
International audienceThis paper proposes to look at two contemporary British novels that, contrary ...
This thesis was previously held under moratorium from 15th April 2015 until 15th April 2017.This the...
This paper proposes to look at two contemporary British novels that, contrary to traditional practic...
A partir de las consideraciones de Ricardo Piglia en sus “Nuevas tesis sobre el cuento” sobre los f...
My dissertation argues for a reconsideration of nineteenth-century narrative endings as significant ...
Picking up on the centrality of “the reader” to definitions of dystopian fiction, this short present...
This article examines the epilogue of Dostoevskii’s novel Crime and Punishment from the perspective ...
206 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980.A text will achieve closure i...
Perhaps more so than any other writer of his era, Charles Dickens knew how to tell a story that woul...
What makes a good ending? How do we know when something ends? In performance, it is difficult to cha...
Waiting for the End examines two dozen contemporary novels as demonstrations of the continuing conce...
This essay is part of a larger project that investigates the ways in which Burney's endings (in her ...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 221-284.Introduction : a book by any other name -- Speculativ...
To write a novel is more than the final product. The creation and revision of a novel-length work is...
This study examines fanfiction counternarratives written when fans reacted negatively to the Superna...
International audienceThis paper proposes to look at two contemporary British novels that, contrary ...
This thesis was previously held under moratorium from 15th April 2015 until 15th April 2017.This the...
This paper proposes to look at two contemporary British novels that, contrary to traditional practic...
A partir de las consideraciones de Ricardo Piglia en sus “Nuevas tesis sobre el cuento” sobre los f...
My dissertation argues for a reconsideration of nineteenth-century narrative endings as significant ...
Picking up on the centrality of “the reader” to definitions of dystopian fiction, this short present...
This article examines the epilogue of Dostoevskii’s novel Crime and Punishment from the perspective ...