![]() ![]() ![]() Frames, as a relevant feature in The Black Prince, and the role the reader has to play, in order to fully enjoy the complexity of the work, are analyzed in chapter three. A series of techniques that can be found in works considered metafictional is provided at the end of that chapter. Chapter two presents a deeper review on metafiction and traces its presence in other novels and other art forms. We also present brief considerations on metafiction. In the introductory chapter, besides standing the objectives, we provide a brief survey of the author's critics which have mistakenly labelled her as a parochial and old-fashioned writer. he can follow and characters he can identify with. ![]() ![]() Conversely, The Black Prince is a novel that challenges the reader into an active role during the act of reading while providing him with a plot he can follow and characters he can identify with. Tradition in the same novel, produces a hybrid that is neither old-fashioned nor too radical in innovation. We propose to demonstrate how a consideration of those elements can provide a better understanding of Murdoch as a twentieth century novelist and how Murdoch, by mingling innovation and Abstract: This dissertation analyzes Iris Murdoch's novel The Black Prince in order to provide an insight into its innovative elements that were neglected or understimated by the majority of critics when analysing that work. ![]()
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