The Grand Inquisitor, perhaps the greatest set piece in all of (classic) literature, is also a lesson creating a story-within-a-story. The whole novel grinds to a halt while one character narrates a twenty-page philosophical treatise, and yet it's spellbinding. How does Dostoevsky do it? And how might we?
Ann Gelder on Mastodon: @annbgelder@zirk.us
The Grand Inquisitor, perhaps the greatest set piece in all of (classic) literature, is also a lesson creating a story-within-a-story. The whole novel grinds to a halt while one character narrates a twenty-page philosophical treatise, and yet it's spellbinding. How does Dostoevsky do it? And how might we?
Ann Gelder on Mastodon: @annbgelder@zirk.us