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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... vol. [2018] no. 3 2018 of 国外文学 est. 1981 国外文学
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The “Petit Récit” in Gail Jones’ Sorry, Wang Labao , single work criticism

'Gail Jones’ Sorry has since its publication been greeted with critical controversies. The novel has been read by some as a national allegory and a grand public narrative. This essay argues that Sorry attempts to tell a small story or a "petit récit". As a "petit récit", Sorry constructs a narrative( 1) about the fear of a white female child,( 2) that embodies a compromised counterdiscourse,and( 3) that uses a literary device that Jones calls "poetic indirection". As a postmodern novel,Sorry offers a kind of communication based on an understanding of and care for the other.'

Source: CAOD.

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