Narrative techniques
In the following section, we will offer you some suggestions on the narrative techniques used by the author and their overall impact on the story. A narrative technique a strategy used in the making of a story to relay information to the audience, usually to make it more complete, complicated, or interesting. Bellow, you can find narrative technique used in “In Hiding,” relevant to style, plot, narrative perspective and character. …
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Narrative techniques relevant to plot
Cliffhanger - the narrative ends unresolved. We don’t know if the man ringing at the door is Woody or what will happen between the protagonist and Woody once they meet. It is for the reader to imagine what is going to happen.
Flashback - we…
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Narrative techniques relevant to perspective
Author surrogate - the protagonist, has a lot in common with the real author. Consider that both the character and Oates are female writers and teachers, for example. “She was a poet, translator, part-time college teacher, and divorced mother of a fifteen-year-old son”. (ll. 9-10)
Stream of consciousness - the author uses narrative and stylistic devices to create the se…
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Narrative techniques relevant to style
Dramatic visualization - objects and characters are represented with abundant descriptive detail, to make the scenes more visual for readers: “Nor had Rick the slightest interest in the treasures on her cluttered desk, whether hard-won drafts of poems, translation projects, or poems and letters from others”. (ll. 70-72)
Imagery and senso…
