Influence of Flashback Narrations In the Literary Works of William Golding

Exploring the Conflict between Rationalism and Faith in William Golding's Free Fall

Authors

  • Ramdeep Kaur Singhania University

Keywords:

flashback narrations, literary works, William Golding, Pincher Martin, Free Fall, first person narrator, Samuel Mountjoy, Dante's La Vita Nuova, love poems, rationalism, faith

Abstract

Golding uses the flashback technique of Pincher Martin more extensivelyin his next novel, Free Fall (1959).Unlike his first three novels, FreeFall is told with a first person narrator, an artist named SamuelMountjoy. The novel takes as a model Dante's La Vita Nuova, a collection of love poems interspersed withDante's own commentary on the poems. Golding uses the character Mountjoy tocomment on the conflict between rationalism and faith.

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Published

2013-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
“Influence of Flashback Narrations In the Literary Works of William Golding: Exploring the Conflict between Rationalism and Faith in William Golding’s Free Fall”, JASRAE, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 0–0, Jan. 2013, Accessed: Jun. 27, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4636

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9 (2013): Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education (JASRAE)

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How to Cite

[1]
“Influence of Flashback Narrations In the Literary Works of William Golding: Exploring the Conflict between Rationalism and Faith in William Golding’s Free Fall”, JASRAE, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 0–0, Jan. 2013, Accessed: Jun. 27, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://ignited.in/index.php/jasrae/article/view/4636