Abstract
Novels constructed by means of narratives that alternate tend to share thematic and ideological concerns with each other. In this chapter, Nodelman follows Fredric Jameson‘s suggestion that literary forms are inherently expressive of specific ideologies by offering a consideration of how alternating narratives tend to communicate similar ideas about relationships between individuals and the construction of communities. The chapter also offers a survey of how novels use alternating narratives to explore connections involving representatives of specific cultural registers like race, class, and sexual orientation.
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Nodelman, P. (2017). Structural Ideologies in Alternating Narratives: Connection and Community. In: Alternating Narratives in Fiction for Young Readers. Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50817-7_8
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