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The Intergenre and Interart Aspects in the Fiction of Julian Barnes
Zhang Helon
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Abstract
This paper intends to explore the intergenre and interart aspects in the fiction of Julian Barnes.Flaubert's Parrot,juxtaposing fiction and nonfiction,is no less a metaphorical parody of literary criticism than a self-reflexive meditation on the narrative itself,while in A History of the World in 101/2 Chapters and the latest short story The Limner,Julian Barnes transforms ekphrasis,an old tradition in poetry,into a central postmodern device,to serve the particular function of opening up the arts to each other.