Volume 9 No. 3 — 1 May 1980

Narrative Technique in Lawson

Douglas R. Garvis

Abstract

Examines Lawson's use of narrative frameworks in his sketches, arguing that 'contrasts between the story and the narrator's discourse point to a problematic realism and a documentary intention on the narrator's part' (367).

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Published 1 May 1980 in Volume 9 No. 3. Subjects: Narrative techniques, Writer's craft, Henry Lawson.

Cite as: Garvis, Douglas R.. ‘Narrative Technique in Lawson.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 9, no. 3, 1980, doi: 10.20314/als.4fbb6c78e4.

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