A Narratological Analysis of Marabou Stork Nightmares

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date published 29/08/2007

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Marabou Stork Nightmares gains its narratological interest from its use of a strange ANP and a variety of ENPs. On the basic level, the narrator is intradiegetic and homodiegetic, writing with internal focalization throughout the novel. However, there is plenty of innovation in the use of this basic format.
As discussed in class, Marabou Stork Nightmares presents the reader with an interesting quandary concerning the ANP. Since the story is told in the first person subsequent voice, it is clear that there must be one somewhere.

Introduction:
1. As discussed in class, Marabou Stork Nightmares presents the reader with an interesting quandary concerning the ANP
2. The unknown location of the ANP, however, allows the narrator to play extensively with the ENPs.
3. Although it is easy to tell the different ENPs apart given their subject matter, they are also distinguishable by their difference in voice.
Analysis:
1. The chapter opens in ENP2. The first paragraph is in the singulative mode as in summary Roy describes how South Africa feels like more of a home to him than Scotland
2. Something interesting happens on page 80 with the third paragraph. Roy writes 'Maybe in retrospect. . .' and what follows is a series of sentences that feel more part of the ANP the ENP2.
3. Following that we return to the homodiegetic, subsequent narrative with a summary of the events following the visit to the museum.
4. In ENP3, the fictional world that Roy has created to escape reality, Roy is with Sandy and they are hunting the marabou stork in earnest
Conclusion: