NICE WORK

by David Lodge

• Differences between the Robyn Penrose and Vic Wilcox
• The character comes to live because the narrator introduces her with the sentence “she does not believe in the concept of character”
• Character: The main character is Robyn Penrose, a lecturer of English Literature in Rummidge’s University
• Ms. Penrose is not a ‘normal’ character
• Robyn is a male name (=> Robyn Hood)
• Her surname is linked to her gender (rose/pink pen)
• professional profile: “temperary lecturer in English literature”
• knowledge: she knows about English literature
• University of Rummidge (place where she works)
• Stronger and well-displayed philosophical and political belief
• body language
• Main theme: The main theme of the extract is the comparison between capitalism and the novel, the birth of the first and the birth of the second, and the comparison between capitalist and writer (and character)
• Style: There is an intrusive third person narrator (=> Coketown); the narrator describes and uses her body-language and her common words (that is to say)
• Correlations: There are a lot of correlations (examples and references) to Dickens’ works (like Hard Times)
• There is not identities
• Her argumentation is against middle-class and capitalists’ works