Creating suspense and surprise in short literary fiction : a stylistic and narratological approach

Suspense and surprise, as common and crucial elements of interest realised in literary fiction, are analysed closely in a sample of short stories, so as to develop a detailed explanation of how these forms of interest are created in literary texts, and to propose models for them. Creating suspense i...

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Main Author: Iwata, Yumiko
Published: University of Birmingham 2009
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514154