David Lodge, Nice work, chapter II

Narrative technique:

• Third person omniscient intrusive narrator (let us leave - for me);
• He creates a chronotopos;
• The character's way of thinking;
• The character's idiolect;
• The character proper name (a male name, a reminder of he who fought for the poor protection; idealistic attitude);
• The character surname (it evokes idea of the pen - the writing activity - literature);
• The character profession (temporary --> instability - relativity);
• The character's idea about the novel structural element;
• The character's interest in ideology (philosophy, politics);
• The character's historical knowledge;
• The character is skilled in literature and micro-language;
• The character is an expression of Post-modernism;
• The character is skilled at recognizing cause-effect relations;
• The character is skilled at argumentations;
• The character has strong ideas about novel's writing (a product of imagination that is invested);
• The character believes thare is a strong connection (relationship) between novel writing and economical production;
• The character thinks novel writing is a form of mass production (cultural artefact).