Metanarrative suspense in four sensation novels.

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dc.contributor.advisorVitanza, Dianna M.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Tanya Fay.
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish.en
dc.contributor.otherBaylor University. Dept. of English.en
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T19:36:10Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T19:36:10Z
dc.date.copyright2010-12
dc.date.issued2011-01-05T19:36:10Z
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. ).en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explains how sensation novelists Ellen Wood, Charles Reade, Wilkie Collins, and M.E. Braddon use secondary narratives, or metanarratives, as defined by critic Gerard Genette, to create textual suspense. These four novelists use metanarratives that suspend the main narrative and allow the narrator to interact with the reader to foster moral reform or urge the reader to solve the novel's mysteries. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss Wood and Reade's use of metanarratives to fulfill their objective of personal and social moral reform. Chapters 4 and 5 focus on Collins and Braddon's placement of textual clues in metanarratives which help the reader solve mysteries and puzzles while increasing the author's popularity.en
dc.description.degreeM.A.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Tanya Fay Baker.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8073
dc.language.isoen_USen
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dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide access.en
dc.rights.accessrightsAccess changed 6-21-13.
dc.subjectMetanarrative.en
dc.subjectSuspense.en
dc.subjectSensation novel.en
dc.subjectGerard Genette.en
dc.subjectWilkie Collins.en
dc.subjectMary Elizabeth Braddon.en
dc.subjectEllen Wood.en
dc.subjectCharles Reade.en
dc.subjectMoral reform.en
dc.titleMetanarrative suspense in four sensation novels.en
dc.typeThesisen

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