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A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory

Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1 25 Mart 2023
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A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory

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John Cheever is a remarkable American short story writer and novelist. He is recognized as one of the most significant short story authors of the previous century. His themes mainly involve the duality of human nature which is usually illustrated through the chasm between a character's comme il faut communal character and interior degradation. Most of his works also reflect nostalgia for a disappearing lifestyle, demonstrated by following cultural customes and a deep communal feeling, in contrast to the estranging nomadism of contemporary backstreets. Being Cheever's most popular story, The Swimmer (1964) represents these backstreet stories, which discover the glory and sufferings of people living within the chaos of a so-called peaceful American suburbia. Mostly considered as Cheever's best work, The Swimmer mixes legend and reality while narrating Neddy Merrill's relatively long trip along the pools of Westchester County. In this study, The Swimmer will be analysed in terms of major narrative theories in order to examine how authorial preferences support major themes and motifs within the short story. To do so, the study sets out to reveal narrative agents and their voices, analyse the representation of consciousness, and finally discuss post-modern reality in American fiction.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. Booth, W. C. (1961). The Rhetoric of Fiction, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
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  3. Chatman, S. (1978). Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
  4. Cheever, J. (1964). The Swimmer. In John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings, New York: Library of America.
  5. Cohn, D. (1978). Transparent Minds: Narrative Modes for Presenting Consciousness in Fiction, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
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  8. Genette, G. (1972). Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, trans. Lewin, J. E., New York: Cornell University Press.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Edebi Çalışmalar

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Mart 2023

Gönderilme Tarihi

2 Haziran 2022

Kabul Tarihi

8 Ocak 2023

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2023 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
İşçi, V. (2023). A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi, 7(1), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1125171
AMA
1.İşçi V. A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory. EEDER. 2023;7(1):29-37. doi:10.31465/eeder.1125171
Chicago
İşçi, Veysel. 2023. “A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7 (1): 29-37. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1125171.
EndNote
İşçi V (01 Mart 2023) A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7 1 29–37.
IEEE
[1]V. İşçi, “A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory”, EEDER, c. 7, sy 1, ss. 29–37, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.31465/eeder.1125171.
ISNAD
İşçi, Veysel. “A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi 7/1 (01 Mart 2023): 29-37. https://doi.org/10.31465/eeder.1125171.
JAMA
1.İşçi V. A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory. EEDER. 2023;7:29–37.
MLA
İşçi, Veysel. “A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory”. Edebi Eleştiri Dergisi, c. 7, sy 1, Mart 2023, ss. 29-37, doi:10.31465/eeder.1125171.
Vancouver
1.Veysel İşçi. A Critical Study on John Cheever’s The Swimmer within the Context of Narrative Theory. EEDER. 01 Mart 2023;7(1):29-37. doi:10.31465/eeder.1125171

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DERGİPARK bünyesinde faaliyet gösteren Edebî Eleştiri Dergisi (Journal of Literary Criticism) hakemli ve bilimsel bir dergidir. Dergimiz, hem ulusal ölçekli TR DİZİN'de hem de uluslararası ölçekli MLA'da taranmaktadır.