An Analysis of Persistent Expressions: Examining the Resonance of Words - A Literature Review

Abstract

In Julian Barnes' novel "The Sense of an Ending," the author effectively employs the literary technique of repetition to depict a wide range of complex human emotions that elude facile categorization. This provides an additional function, namely, to emphasize the inherent subjectivity and fallibility that are intrinsic to the disciplines of history and memory. Notwithstanding the importance of this literary technique, scholars have yet to fully explore it. The present study aims to address this gap by providing a systematic classification of the literary repetitions identified in the novel and elucidating their role in shaping the narrative's central themes. The study delineates and characterizes three fundamental iterations, namely the reoccurrence of indistinguishable circumstances, the manifestation of sceneries with minor alterations, and the replication of identical lines with varying connotations. The text has various instances of these types of repeats. The fundamental objective of this research is to elucidate the way the motifs of obsession, misunderstanding, and consequences reverberate throughout the narrative, so augmenting the reader's grasp of the central topics of the text.