![]() ![]() Altering the time signature in almost every bar of music is engineered to create more flow and movement perhaps not dissimilar to creating flow or pace in a piece of writing. This type of Postmodernist narrative technique reminded me of a similar technique found most commonly in music written in the later half of the Nineteenth Century. ![]() The way in which McEwan neatly changes between present – past – reflective – future – present creates a different kind of suspense to any previous a more ‘see-sawing’ type. ![]() The narrative discourse is also a contributing aspect to the tension created. It also helps to set the pace for the whole novel by getting straight in to the action and skipping any excess narrative passages. The shortness and the fact that “The beginning is simple to mark” is so straight to the point that it captures the readers’ attention from the outset. The suspense is introduced from the very first sentence. The opening chapter of “Enduring Love” is the most well-known part of the entire book particularly because of the extreme tension McEwan creates. ![]()
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