Exercises in Style Cont'd/ Hazel Smith Ch. 5

Exercises in Style Contd
Raymond really came up with a lot of different ways to write. This book was a good read. Even though I got tired of reading the same story I was able to understand each method seeing as though I knew the original story. I was able to understand what things were added, taken out or even completely changed to make the story fit the method of that section. Even thought the story changed a little. I enjoyed more then one method in the second half of this book. My favorite if I had to choose one would have to be Ode.

Hazel Smith
In this reading Hazel focused on the discorse of narratology. Just as Raymond does Hazel is showing us many different methods to write a piece. Hazel shows us the transformed writing and then goes into detail about how this way of writing has an affect on the reader. The one thing that I think that Hazel focuses more on than Raymond is the narrator. Hazel is giving ways to write in order to change how the narrator is involved in the text. I found Raymond's styles of writing to be a lot more interesting then Hazels.