Mediating The Mechanisms Of Temporality In Etel Adnan’s Postmodern Narrative Master Of The Eclipse

Résumé: Notably, there is an intricate notion of narrative and time in postmodern literature which symbolizes a collection of diverse individual narratives and timeframes, a perception that dismantles the modern philosophical ground. Subjective conceptualizations of time are contingent upon a cultural context and, moreover, upon an individual context. In this sense, temporality is subjectively formed and produced in the literary text. This characteristic is traced back to the postmodern ethos, advocating the claim that reality is fragmented and chaotic, thus mirrored in the conception of time as an intended non-linear construction. In this respect, the aim of this article is to explore the mechanisms of temporality with its effects in Etel Adnan’s postmodern narrative Master of the Eclipse (2010), the case study of this research. The novel represents the experimental data set for this investigation conducted using a descriptive analytical method and via a qualitative approach. Subsequently, the findings indicate that the fragmentation of timeline is intended to originate ironic or parodic effects in Master of the Eclipse. Hence, the novel attains a distinct individual style because of the collapse of timeline, where past, present, and future are intermingled.

Publié dans la revue: مجلة أنسنة للبحوث و الدراسات