Niagara (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Michel Butor
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: 1963
- Setting: Niagara Falls
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Nature, Music or musicians, Canada or Canadians, Tourist trade, Radio or radio broadcasting
- Locales: Niagara Falls, NY
Characters Discussed
The narrator, who provides directions for the staging/reading of this stereophonic novel.
The producer, who chooses which and how many of the novel’s ten “tracks” (A-J) to air.
The listener, who is able to adjust the balance and volume of the audio production.
The readers, who possess greater freedom and mobility than the listener. They are able to follow one or more of the novel’s ten tracks, separately or together, and to adjust the “volume,” according to the narrator’s directions, from very soft to very loud.
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