JIANGHAN ACADEMIC ›› 2006, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 54-58.

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The Narrative Mode and Focalization in Hemingways Short Story On “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”

LIU Wei   

  1. Language-literature Research Institute, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056,China
  • Received:2006-03-26 Online:2006-08-01 Published:2013-12-16

Abstract: Ernest Hemingway was bestowed the Nobel Prize for literature on account of his mastery of modern narrative art. Among his short fiction, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” is a masterpiece of his narrative artistry. Besides the linear narrative mode, it is embedded a sub-mode of repetition and contrast. While concerning its complicated focalization style, this short story exemplifies a special case of omnipresencewith the narrators focalization offering the structure and characters focalization the details.

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