Abstract
This document is an essay, entirely written, in which we compare Zadie Smith's "The Waiter's Wife" to a novel/short story read for this course and which is detailed in the document. The essay treats the following two aspects: characterization (how the characters are established and how they develop) and narration (from which perspective is the story told and how does this affect the meaning.
The reading list:
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. Any edition. 2008. 300 pages.
Kushner, Tony. Angels in America. Any edition. 1991. 250 pages.
McCarthy. No Country for Old Men. Any edition. 2005. 300 pages.
Oyeyemi, Helen. The Icarus Girl. Any edition. 2005. 325 pages.
Peck, John and Martin Coyle. Literary Terms and Criticism. Palgrave Macmillan. 1993 or 2002 edition. 241 pages.
Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus. 1991. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0141014081 (or Part I: A Survivor's Tale: M).
