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International Journal of English Literature and Culture Vol. 2(7), pp. 143-151, July, 2014 ISSN: 2360-7831 DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2014.045
Review The Perception of Time and Space: Crossing the Spatiotemporal Boundaries in Vladimir Nabokov’s Mary and in GrigolRobakidze’s The Snake’s Skin
G.Sankar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vel Tech Dr.RR & Dr.SR Technical University, Chennai-Tamilnadu, India-600062. Email: vijaya.sankar028@gmail.com. Phone: +919578153435
Accepted 29 July 2014
The perception of
narrative time and space is a complex cognitive process. During the act
of reading, a reader interacts with the narrative world by perceiving
its temporal and spatial dimensions. Due to the human ability to
perceive narrative time and space, the reader can understand deeper
meaning of fiction.The article presents a comparative study of the
perception of time and space in Russian and Georgian émigré literature
of the 20th century. The article deals with the concept of time and
space in Vladimir Nabokov’s Mary and in GrigolRobakidze’s The Snake’s
Skin. The author of the article has presented an analysis of the
reader’s perception of narrative time and space taking into account the
protagonists’ experience and their perception of time and space in the
novels.
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