Narrative form itself, not author intent, generates ideological content.

Evidence

Thus we w:i.ll observe, in the case of Balzac, the generation of an overt and constituted ideological and political “value system” out of the operation of an essentially narrative and fantasy dynamic; the chapter on Gissing, on the other hand, will show how an already constituted “narrative paradigm” emits an ideological message in its own right without the mediation of authorial intervention. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 1879

Categorization

• SEED: Angle for an essay: how the same ideological message emerges either through latent fantasy (Balzac) or through an embedded narrative paradigm (Gissing) — two routes to the political unconscious.
• XREF: connects to: Genre form refracts rather than directly reflects political ideology — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 321; First-person narration can exclude contending perspectives and flatten a novel’s politics — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 498; Ideology operates through language itself, not merely through false beliefs — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 698 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Genre form refracts rather than directly reflects political ideology #expands (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 321
• First-person narration can exclude contending perspectives and flatten a novel’s politics #exemplifies (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 498
• Formal narrative choices can both underpin and subvert Islamophobic messages #exemplifies (0.85)
• The same literary form can either contest or reinforce hegemonic narratives #exemplifies (0.85) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 18
• Ideology operates through language itself, not merely through false beliefs #expands (0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 698