Analysis of Spacial Narrative in Point Omega

Yue Hu

doi:10.5539/ells.v10n1p62

Abstract

Spatial narrative is an emerging theory of Narratology since Joseph Frank proposed it in 1945. Point Omega is one of Don Delillo&rsquo;s work, completed in 2010, mainly tells stories about two persons: a nameless person alone in museum exhibition hall to watch a silent film and a high-level war adviser Richard Elster, away from the city in seclusion in the desert. This paper use spatial narrative to analyze the theme of Point Omega, which is divided into four parts: the first part briefly introduces spatial narrative and Point Omega; in the second part, the literature in China and others of spatial narrative and Omega Point are reviewed; in the third part, the text is interpreted from three aspects of spatial narrative, physical form, text structure and narrative perspective; the fourth part summarizes how the novel reflects the influence of the concept of time on people&rsquo;s lives.

Highlights

This paper use spatial narrative to analyze the theme of Point Omega, which is divided into four parts: the first part briefly introduces spatial narrative and Point Omega; in the second part, the literature in China and others of spatial narrative and Omega Point are reviewed; in the third part, the text is interpreted from three aspects of spatial narrative, physical form, text structure and narrative perspective; the fourth part summarizes how the novel reflects the influence of the concept of time on people’s lives
Spatial narration is a theory emerging in the last century, first put forward by Joseph Frank (1945) in his article Spatial Forms in Modern Literature
The concept of “spatial narrative” was first proposed by Joseph Frank, professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, who published the theory of novel spatial form put forward by Spatial Form in Modern ells.ccsenet.org

Summary

Spatial Narrative

Spatial narration is a theory emerging in the last century, first put forward by Joseph Frank (1945) in his article Spatial Forms in Modern Literature. Many scholars have put forward relevant theories, and space theory is developing and improving continuously. Using spatial narrative theory can analyze literary texts, and apply to images, architecture and other artistic aspects. Spatial narrative is applied in literary works, and used to analyze images, films and art works, which is a comprehensive development. The study of spatial narrative started late in China, and it was not used to analyze literary works for the first time, it did not prevent this theory from shining brilliantly in the literary circle

Don Delillo and Point Omega

Research on Spatial Narrative

Physical Form

Textual Form

In the Form of Narrative Perspective

Discussion