Undoubtedly as a master of short stories, Raymond Carver's second collection of short stories invites the reader to reconsider about the topic of minimalism. In this sense, through a detailed analysis of the stori...Undoubtedly as a master of short stories, Raymond Carver's second collection of short stories invites the reader to reconsider about the topic of minimalism. In this sense, through a detailed analysis of the stories collected in What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, the reader will have explicit understanding of the definition of minimalism in literature, the purposes of Carver's application of it and the efficacy brought to the work itself by adopting minimalism.展开更多
Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet is a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the ! 980s. Carver＇s writing permeates idiographic techniques and evocative insights into reality. ＂C...Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet is a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the ! 980s. Carver＇s writing permeates idiographic techniques and evocative insights into reality. ＂Cathedral＂ is the title story of Carver＇s outstanding collection Cathedral. The story relates that the narrator through the visit of his wife＇s blind friend eliminates the prejudice and goes out of shell of closed-off ignorance. Carver employs precise and concise language to develop plot and reveal characters＇ mind and sets tensions leading to character＇s epiphany. Through the setting of tensions, the achievement of epiphany, and the precise and concise narrative language, Carver makes fullness out of a minimalist style of writing.展开更多
文摘Undoubtedly as a master of short stories, Raymond Carver's second collection of short stories invites the reader to reconsider about the topic of minimalism. In this sense, through a detailed analysis of the stories collected in What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, the reader will have explicit understanding of the definition of minimalism in literature, the purposes of Carver's application of it and the efficacy brought to the work itself by adopting minimalism.
文摘Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet is a major force in the revitalization of the short story in the ! 980s. Carver＇s writing permeates idiographic techniques and evocative insights into reality. ＂Cathedral＂ is the title story of Carver＇s outstanding collection Cathedral. The story relates that the narrator through the visit of his wife＇s blind friend eliminates the prejudice and goes out of shell of closed-off ignorance. Carver employs precise and concise language to develop plot and reveal characters＇ mind and sets tensions leading to character＇s epiphany. Through the setting of tensions, the achievement of epiphany, and the precise and concise narrative language, Carver makes fullness out of a minimalist style of writing.
