Metafiction, Reflexivity and Intertextuality in David Mitchell’s Ghostwritten and number9dream
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2018-06-15
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This research topic focuses on two novels by the author David Mitchell, Ghostwritten (1999)
and number9dream (2001). These novels in particular were chosen because they were his first
two novels before the publication of his bestseller, Cloud Atlas (2004), which has garnered
much academic attention. They have similar complex narratives but have not had as much
academic interest. This thesis explores his use of complex narrative structure in relation to
three postmodern concepts: metafiction, reflexivity and intertextuality. The thesis will
establish what these concepts entail, and employ a close reading of the two novels to establish
a connection between these concepts and the respective narrative structures of the novels. The
intent is to find out whether the narrative structures of these two texts strengthen the use of
these postmodern concepts within the novels.
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