As moral ethicist Mary Pellauer has so wisely noted in her chapter in Lift Every Voice: Constructing Christian Theologies from the Underside 'I could have died' is the existential crisis women who have been subject to violence report.
The obvious and daunting comparison is with James Kelman: that same austere mastery, sparkling with its own humour, belligerent inner voices constructing a cage of language beyond which the wider society and its oppressions become apparent.
Instead of employing traditional journalistic story structures and an institutional voice, they constructed well-developed characters, sustained dialogue, vivid scenes, and strong plotlines marked with dramatic tension.
30 31 38 47–49 Through narratives, in the current study, participants had the opportunity to develop their own voice as they constructed their stories, others' voices and multiple realities.
Speaking about mastering Thatcher's demeanour, she said: "It's a constructed voice.
Duong "employs flashbacks, multiple points of view and a haunting interplay of narrative and interior voices to construct her sadly beautiful tale," Philip Gambone said here last year.
Duong, whose novels have been banned in her native Vietnam, deftly employs flashbacks, multiple points of view and a haunting interplay of narrative and interior voices to construct her sadly beautiful tale.
Other features under discussion include questions (how are you guys doing), voicing the audience, constructed dialogue, whispering, gestures, categorization etc.
Big voices are innate, not constructed.
