Tuesday, 15 November 2011

The passing of time 292-301

References to the passage of days
pg292- "The days sloughed past uncounted and uncalendared.."
pg294- "In two days time..."
pg295- "The next day.."
pg300- "That night.."
pg301- "He stayed three days.."

Markers in the year
pg294- "Winter was already upon them"

References to before
pg300- "do you remember that little boy,Papa?.."

Points at which time seems to be suspended
pg300- death of his father "he stayed three days.."

Points at which narrative time is telescoped
pg301- " someone was coming."

Points at which narrative time expands
pg293- " they begun to come upon dead windfalls of pine trees great swaths of ruin cut through the countryside"


Points at which narrative time

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