Thursday, April 11, 2013

Writing styles Conrad through Camus

In Condrad's novel,  Heart of Darkness he is very descriptive and lengthy, his sentences are declarative, but it explains what is happening. Then in Kafka the text utilizes less adjectives, but also includes more emotions and less decisive sentences. His opinions tend to sway back and forth, but he also still is depicting a scene. Then in Camus his statements are short blunt and to the point with little descriptive content or explanation. He takes what would be a chapter in Conrad or a paragraph in Kafka and condenses it into one sentence. There are hardly any adjectives and the sentences do not explain a scene in vivid detail but rather make blunt statement summarizing a compex action.

2 comments:

  1. Good observation: sentences do not explain a scene in vivid detail but rather make blunt statement

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