tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post5681176141695388865..comments2021-09-09T21:16:02.942-07:00Comments on Writing (about) Time: Thoughts Concerning Temporal Play in Contemporary Narratives: Disrupting Circular Narrative Identity in Alvarez's "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents"Melissa Ameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13372494777317072570noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-4919529677426838662016-01-20T07:33:25.349-08:002016-01-20T07:33:25.349-08:00I'm glad you bring up that last line about Yol...I'm glad you bring up that last line about Yolanda collapsing time. When I read it, I didn't know exactly what to make of it. I only had a broad understanding of it because I have been thinking about the reverse chronological order. Your discussion here makes sense. In the novel, the past and present inform each other, even if the characters don't realize it because the events haven't happened yet. It's a hard concept for me to understand because I am so rooted in the general consensus/thoughts about time. Kristina Kastlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07580807881489622895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-47694454452775739142016-01-19T11:28:42.625-08:002016-01-19T11:28:42.625-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ty Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015031664359186427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-80022534955382786022016-01-19T11:28:25.543-08:002016-01-19T11:28:25.543-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ty Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015031664359186427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518835947947433157.post-12707819361238289322016-01-19T11:28:19.873-08:002016-01-19T11:28:19.873-08:00Completely missed the idea of Yolanda collapsing t...Completely missed the idea of Yolanda collapsing the narrative itself and time. This post helped me think back on the events of the story and really value what Julia Alvarez was doing within her novel. I had seen Yolanda breaking the fourth wall at the end of the novel as a means of bringing the reader back to the beginning and nothing more. However, given the context that you wrote about, I see that much more is at play than simply Alvarez writing a novel in reverse. By playing with time in this manner, it gives an extra layer to the story.Ty Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13015031664359186427noreply@blogger.com