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from the dept. Julian Evans has written an interesting little piece in The Prospect--ostensibly a review of The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker, but really a small rant on the tyranny of Modernism in current novel writing. I wish this argument had been expanded upon, but he does make the intriguing suggestion that after half a century in which the mainstream novel was shackled by a postmodern fear of narrative, things may be turning around. Narrative is, of course, one of the values I hold high in my own novel writing. The irony and self-consciousness seen in many modern novels just looks ridiculous to me. But the culture of Critique has disagreed. Now, maybe things are changing; if so, it would to me indicate a further eroding of the 20th century view of the world. A return to narrative in the novel would not be a step backward; it would be an acknowledgement of the primary way in which human beings organize their experiences. We'll see how this one plays out in the next few years. Meanwhile, I have to get back to plotting my next book. < | >
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