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The novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne experiments with the treatment of time in unconventional ways. It includes endless digressions that slow the progress of the main plot. Time is depicted as flexible and subjective rather than a strict progression of events. Flashbacks and even flashforwards are used to show how past and future events can influence the present. The narrative jumps back and forth between characters and plots in a complex, nonlinear fashion. This treats time

Author

Marie Stoie

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EN