The Limits of Realism

As Marston Anderson analyzed in The Limits of Realism, twentieth-century Chinese writers relied heavily on perspectivism—focalization, or “point of view”—in creating modern Chinese realist fictions. However, while the point of view of the critical observer known as the narrator is valorized, more often than not strict such focalizations have difficulty maintaining absolute objectivity (Anderson, 10–11). Use ONE literary example from our readings (Week 1 to Week 7) and answer the following questions: 1) Which point of view—first-person points of view or third-person points of view (either limited or omniscient)—is used in your chosen piece of literature and for what purpose? 2) Within that adopted point of view, are there moments and why are there moments when the critical observer jeopardizes his or her objectivity, exceeds the temporal and spatial limitations of said point of view, or overreaches for the inner thoughts of their protagonists objectively inaccessible to the critical observer?

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