Globalization and Narration: Reading "Mobile Phone" by Liu Zhenyun

Document Type : Scientific research papers

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Chinese language - Faculty of Arts - Helwan University

Abstract

"Mobile" novel has highlighted the effects of globalization represented by "Mobile" on the breakdown of the marital relationship between the hero and the heroine.
I found a connection between globalization and the changes in the narrative style of the novel, the research reflected the negative effects of globalization on Chinese society.
The research highlighted the changes in the narrative of the "mobile" novel in terms of the objective narration of the novel, the narrative style, and the narrative structure (Narration of the time of the novel - narration of events - narrative vision- satirical narration).
I relied on Tzfitan Todorov's theory in analyzing the novel in terms of analyzing the narrative text from a constructive point of view; I also highlighted the narrative changes in the objective form, the narrative constructive structure of the novel, and its relationship to the influence of the objective and structural form with globalization.

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