The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark The following entry presents criticism on Spark’s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961). For further information on her life and works‚ see CLC‚ Volumes 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8 and 18. One of Spark’s best-known and most critically acclaimed works‚ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) centers on morality‚ manipulation‚ and betrayal at a school for girls in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ during the 1930s. Praised for its structural complexity‚ the novel juxtaposes past‚ present
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’The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie unfolds several dimensions of the female role. Set in Edinburgh in the 1930s‚ we are presented with a protagonist whom is a striking female role model in her domineering‚ manipulating and sexual powers‚ powers which we see her use to obtain her desired plans for her ’Brodie set‚’ the ’creme de la creme.’ We see Miss Brodie play a God like figure in the novel‚ leading‚ teaching and imposing her opinions on them in hopes they will become like her. She strongly echoes
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In The prime of Miss Jean Brodie‚ Muriel Spark uses certain narrative techniques which reflect the ways of manipulation used by the title character of her novel. On one hand‚ an omniscient third person narrator is a way for the reader to experience all the character ’s thoughts and views so that as the novel proceeds‚ the reader can observe the different views of Miss Jean Brodie by every girl from the set and analyze all the different aspects of Miss Brodie ’s character. On the other hand‚ the
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complexity of human life. Jean Brodie is genuinely intent on opening up her girls’ lives‚ on heightening their awareness of themselves and their world‚ and on breaking free of restrictive‚ conventional ways of thinking‚ feeling‚ and being" In The prime of Miss Jean Brodie‚ Muriel Spark uses certain narrative techniques which reflect the ways of manipulation used by the title character of her novel. On one hand‚ an omniscient third person narrator is a way for the reader to experience all the character’s
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that the formal qualities in literature are a key aspect in contributing to the reader’s overall experience. E. M Forster has suggested that the generic structure of a novel should entail a beginning‚ middle and an end.2 In Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’‚ the author has challenged this traditional format through illustrating events in an anachronical form and through the inclusion of a universal omniscient narrator‚ which has resulted in a build up of suspense‚ reinforced the novels
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