Analysis of Focalization: A Case of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”

Authors

  • Azhar Uddin Noonari Islamia Arts and Commerce College, Sukkur Author
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Khokhar Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh Author
  • Rubina Shaheen Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62345/jads.2024.13.1.59

Keywords:

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Narrator, Focalization

Abstract

Modern studies in narratology provide some fine models to study the structure of novels and stories. The modern narratological approaches divide books and stories into story, narrative, and narration. There is also a further division of these units, the focalization of which is very important. Focalization gives the idea of the center of perception, which means who the focalizer is and what is being focalized. The important advancement in this study is that this approach distinguishes between the narrator and the focalizer and states that the narrator is not always the focalizer. The Grapes of Wrath is one of John Steinbeck's best novels, and it won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

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Author Biographies

  • Azhar Uddin Noonari, Islamia Arts and Commerce College, Sukkur

    Assistant Professor, Islamia Arts and Commerce College, Sukkur. Email:  noonari_azhar@yahoo.com

  • Muhammad Ibrahim Khokhar, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh

    Assistant Professor, Institute of English, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.

    Email:  mike@salu.edu.pk

  • Rubina Shaheen, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur

    Assistant Professor, Institute of English, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.

    Email: drowsylakedeye@yahoo.com

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Published

2024-03-30

How to Cite

Analysis of Focalization: A Case of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”. (2024). Journal of Asian Development Studies, 13(1), 716-722. https://doi.org/10.62345/jads.2024.13.1.59