An Investigation of Relationships between some Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Memoirs and Roderick Random

Abstract

<p>Chapter I examines the narrator's point of view and narrative stance in the memoir. The findings are contrasted with Smollett's practice in Chapter II. Chapter III explores the emphasis that is placed upon events at the expense of delineation of the narrator's self in both fomrs. The final chapter seeks similarities in the description and role of character in memoir and novel.</p>