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B. Criticism
Wellek 1956: 78 states that “a work of art may rather embody the ‘dream’ of an author than his actual life, or it may be the mask’ the ‘anti-self’ behind which
his real person is hiding, or it may be a picture of the life which the author wants to escape”. From her statement, we can conclude that an author has some reasons
to write his or her literary works. They can be the expression of the author’s dream, own life, or the situation that the author avoids from.
As one of two most popular novels of Frank De Felitta, Audrey Rose has been analyzed and criticized by some people who are interested in the novel.
Unfortunately, any criticisms related to Janice Templeton’s character cannot be found. The criticisms found almost tell about the novel itself, Audrey Rose, and
also the Ivy Templeton’s character. The criticism is taken from the internet. Although the analysis does not have
any direction with the writer’s analysis, the analysis can give more information about Audrey Rose novel.
“Audrey Rose was a fabulous book. This book is one full of pathos and yet with a lot of depth. The child in the book and her natural father are tied
together with a tight string which even the fires and ashes could not burn. I would recommend this book to anyone who does not believe in the
supernatural as a concept and yet has fears and doubts about its existence, those who believe in reincarnation and those who have doubts. It’s not a book
hurting any religious sentiment and yet it is of the profoundest intensity. I liked everything about this book but the only thing that I found unrealistic
was that Ivy was about 9 or 10 years old and was 5 feet 9 inches tall and the author describe her as having large fully developed breasts among other things
but thats really the only negative thing I can think of about this book and its a minor complaint and I recommend this book very strongly Oh by the way I
dont find reincarnation terrifying, the Hindu religion of India believes in reincarnation and considers it a beautiful thing to be able to live again and they
dont find it terrifying, oh I suppose if reincarnation is not part of your religious beliefs you might find it scary because people always fear things that are
24 different or cant easily be explained, my religion doesnt believe in
reincarnation but I dont dismiss the idea of it and find the idea of maybe being able to come back and live life all over again interesting, of course it would be
cool if you had the choice of whether you would want that or not”.
Taken from www.google.comaudrey rose novelanalysis.html
, accessed on Monday, August 4
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, 2008
C. Context of the Novel
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