How to Read Novels: from Cervantes to Calvino
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Andre Brink selected 15 "milestone" works of Western novels from the 17th century to the 20th century, using the language and narrative methods of the novels as clues to make a new interpretation of "Don Quixote" at the beginning of the novel genre. "Jode" and the so-called "classic novels" of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as 20th century modern novels, including "Emma", "Madame Bovary", "The Proceedings", "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Walker on a Winter's Night". In the case analysis of 15 novels, Brink quoted from a wide range of sources, including relatively sophisticated citations and analysis of the views of important Western thinkers in the 20th century. In the case analysis of fifteen novels, Brink quoted from a wide range of sources, including relatively sophisticated citations and analysis of the views of important Western thinkers in the 20th century. The linguistic theoretical ideas of Heidegger, Saussure, Wittgenstein, Foucault, Lacan, Barthes, Derrida and others are all used appropriately and profitably. Andre Brink, the author of "How to Read Novels: From Cervantes to Calvino," is a novelist himself, so he is not only enthusiastic when talking about novels, but also has a unique discernment and extraordinary insights.
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