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 what it means to be an individual person and the degree to which individuality is changeable or fixed and ongoing.
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Nodelman, P. (2017). Structural Ideologies in Alternating Narratives: Individuality. 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_7
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