The Dual Narrative Progression Analysis on the Greek Novella A Prisoner of War's Story
The Greek novella A Prisoner of War's Story is an anti-war work set in the Second Greco-Turkish War and the"Catastrophe of Asia Minor".With the help of the Dual Narrative Progression Theory,two narrative progressions can be detected in this seemingly plain novella,the overt progression and the covert one.With the overt progression,this novella tries to expose the Turkish barbarity and to express the longing for peace from the perspective of Greek people.With the covert progression,the author surveys all the participants in the war and reveals the real root cause of the war from a more objective viewpoint.The dual narrative progression of this novella is the conscious choice of the double-role"implied author"within a specific historical context,so in order to better understand this dual narrative progression and the multilayer theme of the novella,it is suggested for the"authorial audience"to acquire some knowledge of its historical context.