The novel is a device for presenting simultaneity in homogeneous empty time
Evidence
It is clearly a device for the presentation of simultaneity in ‘homogeneous, empty time,’ or a complex gloss upon the word ‘meanwhile’. Take, for illustrative purposes, a segment of a simple novel-plot, in which a man (A) has a wife (B) and a mistress (C), who in turn has a lover (D). We might imagine a sort of time-chart for this segment — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 88
Categorization
- DEFINE: The novel-as-device definition is a transferable tool for analyzing how representation constitutes imagined communities.
- XREF: connects to: ‘Homogeneous empty time’ replaced mediaeval simultaneity as the modern mode of apprehension — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 86; Novelistic simultaneity links strangers through shared clocked time and the reader’s omniscient view. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 89
Related
- Novelistic simultaneity links strangers through shared clocked time and the reader’s omniscient view. (similarity 0.86)
- ‘Homogeneous empty time’ replaced mediaeval simultaneity as the modern mode of apprehension (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Novelistic simultaneity links strangers through shared clocked time and the reader’s omniscient view.
#expands(0.95) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 89