Senses and Space:A Narrative Spatial Analysis on Morris Gleitzman's Once
The Australian writer Morris Gleitzman's novel Once portrays the life of Jewish people in Poland during World War II through the lenses of children.It explores their struggles for mutual support and redemption amidst the catastrophic events.Gleitzman deviates from the visually oriented spatial descriptions and instead creates multiple narrative spaces through various senses,such as sight,hearing and touch.Drawing upon Mieke Bal's theory of narrative and research results related to auditory narratology,this paper analyzes how various narrative spaces work to highlight the themes of innocence against cruelty,survival and struggle,friendship and love in the novel.Further,it investigates the role that the senses of sight,hearing and touch play in representing the narrative spaces in the novel Once.
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