• Nawal Nagi

The Lives and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman remains largely a reflection on the nature of a book and this paper aims at unfolding the various intricacies of the text which result in this interpretation. The book subverts conventions of novel writing at every step and is most prominently characterized with a non-linear narrative. The preoccupation with digression in opposition to a standard linear structure is underscored time and again in the text, consciously through various instances, emphasizing that how the very unconventionality of the text is a deliberate discourse meant to draw attention towards itself. The novel may be termed as a parody of the act of novel writing as it consistently defies logic to give prominence to emotions and in the process unfolds the psychology of the characters, but not a story.

novel, structure, digression, narrative

"Tristram Shandy: A Novel About Novel Writing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.193-194, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902829.pdf

"Tristram Shandy: A Novel About Novel Writing", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp193-194, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1902829.pdf