DU Zhi-qing
Abstract
Susan Sontag's The Benefactor is a highly original self-reflexive experimental novel which does not live up to readers' expectation.In the novel,Sontag adopts certain narrative techniques typical of metafiction such as parody and self-exposure of fictionality,which is crucial to understanding Sontag's fictional style as a whole.
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Susan Sontag's The Benefactor is a highly original self-reflexive experimental novel which does not live up to readers' expectation.In the novel,Sontag adopts certain narrative techniques typical of metafiction such as parody and self-exposure of fictionality,which is crucial to understanding Sontag's fictional style as a whole.
Key concepts: Metafiction, Narrative, Reflexivity, Literature, Style (visual arts), Art, History, Sociology