Slouching towards Bethlehem is one of Joan Didion＇s major works that established her reputation. The work is a collection of essays, which tells stories of unusual people and places, also displays personal writings o...Slouching towards Bethlehem is one of Joan Didion＇s major works that established her reputation. The work is a collection of essays, which tells stories of unusual people and places, also displays personal writings on her notebooks and her going home after having been away. Many of the stories tell factual tales of her native California. Based on the truthful stories, Joan Didion presented readers what she felt about life and society, along with her literary techniques. Under the tenets of literary journalism, the article checks the non-fiction elements as well as literary ones set forth in the writings and sees that the writing style of the essays is reflected in accordance with that of literary journalism.展开更多
文摘Slouching towards Bethlehem is one of Joan Didion＇s major works that established her reputation. The work is a collection of essays, which tells stories of unusual people and places, also displays personal writings on her notebooks and her going home after having been away. Many of the stories tell factual tales of her native California. Based on the truthful stories, Joan Didion presented readers what she felt about life and society, along with her literary techniques. Under the tenets of literary journalism, the article checks the non-fiction elements as well as literary ones set forth in the writings and sees that the writing style of the essays is reflected in accordance with that of literary journalism.
