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The mind as a novel metaphor.
Abstract
When teaching novels in graduate and undergraduate courses can miss many of the complex interrelationships that occur between various elements of a story. An author's craft is to bring together divergent features to achieve an overall outcome within the mind of the reader. The subtle maneuvers employed by novelists throughout their works often defy linear analyses promoted by simply applying traditional literary devices to the study of novels. A dynamic, holistic approach to the novel is needed where the complex ebbs and flows of motives, literary elements and authorial devices are accounted for in a naturalistic way. Phillips and Huntley's (1995) "Story ...
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