Circular Stories A circular narrative will conclude where it began. Rather than pulling together the remaining remnants of the narrative with a neat conclusion, a circular narrative brings closure through a return to the theme and material introduced at the beginning. Writers achieve this with literal repetition of phrases or syntax from the start or returning the narrator to a setting of importance. Sometimes authors return more generally to an important idea or theme that was introduced early in the story. James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is an example of a circular narrative, as the short story concludes with Mitty escaping his mundane life in another fantasy, just as the story opened.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 06:45:37 +0000
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