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Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

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Essay Topics

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How does the novel use grammatical functions such as pronouns to explore ideas about identity? Use examples from the text to support your response.

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Research If on a winter’s night a traveler as an example of metafiction. Support your response by citing the text as well as research sources.

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In what ways does the narrator craft identities for himself and the Reader over the course of the novel? Use examples from the text to support your observations.