Aspects of the Novel · Character
Tristram Shandy
Narrator of Sterne's novel, used to discuss digression and narrative time.
minor
Also known as Tristram
First appearance: ii the story
Tristram Shandy shows up with force in VI: Fantasy. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited as a key example of fantasy; Forster notes its muddle as closer to truth than Joyce's simplifications.
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- Diverse characters and narrative theory
- Protagonist
- Symbol, prophecy, and order
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
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