A writer's narrative style is about the way in which he or she comes to handle a subject--it can be a theme, a character, or a place, etc.. When someone tries to define Henry James's writing style, for instance, he ...A writer's narrative style is about the way in which he or she comes to handle a subject--it can be a theme, a character, or a place, etc.. When someone tries to define Henry James's writing style, for instance, he or she is amazed by the sense of richness in Jamesian styles, because of the writer's own life experience and life style Travelling around different cities and going to art galleries and museums certainly construct James's unique way of seeing. In this article, the author wants to focus on Jamesian ways of seeing the relation between art and writing. Treating novel as a form of fine arts, the author would suggest, James uses techniques of painting and photography in the writing about the impressions of the cities.展开更多
文摘A writer's narrative style is about the way in which he or she comes to handle a subject--it can be a theme, a character, or a place, etc.. When someone tries to define Henry James's writing style, for instance, he or she is amazed by the sense of richness in Jamesian styles, because of the writer's own life experience and life style Travelling around different cities and going to art galleries and museums certainly construct James's unique way of seeing. In this article, the author wants to focus on Jamesian ways of seeing the relation between art and writing. Treating novel as a form of fine arts, the author would suggest, James uses techniques of painting and photography in the writing about the impressions of the cities.