EN 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eliza Haywood, Confirmation Bias, Ender Wiggin
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Departure from the first-person narration of epistolary fiction by burney richardson. Omniscient third-person narration from fielding joseph andrews, tom jones 1740s. Eliza haywood, anti-pamela 1740s, combines letters and omniscient third-person narration. Epistolary fiction has a problem with formal realism; formal realism has to do with the form of the work. The novel is realistic in both form and content; characters are most likely to be writing letters to someone personally. Journals/diaries are a more realistic form, either written to self or god. Omniscient third-person narration allows the author to comment directly about event. Around p. 144 summarizes the emotions of characters through omniscient third-person narration. Authoritative voice of a woman"s, which poses as more objective, whereas first-person narration is more subjective. Writing of a woman"s experience through a female narrator. She does not write through her feelings; her persona speaks through made-up characters; self-characterization and self-presentation.
