“Miranda slept in the orchard—or was she asleep or was she not asleep?”
Welcome to the first episode of Les Cordelivres Club, conversations in revolutionary criticism from Indirect Books. This episode focuses on Virginia Woolf’s short story “In The Orchard,” and the foundational mode of analysis for literary critique: a consideration of narrative and narration.
What is the distinction between narration and narrative in literature? What is the narrating entity and how does it shape the story? How can authors create distinct worldviews and textures through discrete narrational modes, and what does this look like in “In The Orchard”? We explore these issues and more in the discussion.
Stay tuned for the Substack post with complete show notes in a few days, and in the meantime—stay critical.
Merci !
