Title
Recalcitrant Simplicity: Thin Characters and Thick Narration in A Farewell to Arms
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Narratological approach using A Farewell to Arms to consider how thinly drawn characters limit the reader’s interpretative freedom and ability to imagine the other. Contends that the simplicity of Count Greffi and Catherine in both language and self-description reminds readers of their limited knowledge and inability to penetrate the text’s simplicity.
Published in
Narrative
Volume
20
Issue
3
Date
2012
Pages
301-321
COinS
Citation
Hollenberg, Alexander. “Recalcitrant Simplicity: Thin Characters and Thick Narration in A Farewell to Arms.” Narrative 20, no. 3 (Oct. 2012): 301-21.