Spatial Narrative in Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You

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10.2991/icelaic-17.2017.131How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Celeste Ng; Everything I Never Told You; spatial narrative

Abstract

Celeste Ng employs spatial narrative to make Everything I Never Told You a multi-dimensional novel. This paper analyzes its spatial narrative in terms of the physical space, social space, spiritual space and textual space. Through the body and some other spatial images, the novelist constructs a suffocative micro-physical space that is in line with the anxiety and gloom felt by the characters. Through Marilyn's disillusionment and James' sense of alienation, the novelist introduces the social space about mixed marriages and the second wave of feminism in the late 20th century. Through the spiritual space, the subtle inner feelings of Marilyn, James and Lydia are unveiled. Through the textual space, non-linear narrative and intertextuality lends enchantment to the novel. Hence, the author enhances readability, flexibility and artistry of the novel by virtue of spatial narrative.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Shen
AU  - Mengna Xie
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TI  - Spatial Narrative in Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You
BT  - Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (ICELAIC 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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