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In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres employs a variety of narrative techniques but most controversial is his use of history. Discuss
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"In Captain Corelli's Mandolin", Louis de Bernieres employs a variety of narrative techniques but most controversial is his use of history. Discuss "Why could [Dr Iannis] not write without passion? Without anger? Without a sense of betrayal and oppression? ..... It was the title page: 'The New History of Cephallonia'. He crossed out the first two words and substituted 'A Personal'." Louis de Bernieres places Dr Iannis in the situation of having a problem writing about the history of Cephallonia without personal feeling. He indicates to the reader that history is impossible to write objectively and that he also would not be able to achieve this task. Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a novel and not a history textbook; however his use of narrative techniques has still caused disputes and comments amongst particular groups of people. The wide variety of narrative techniques that de Bernieres has chosen come together to create...
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