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Candidate Number: 525685 Programme: English Language and Literature Module Name: Literature, Culture and Society Module Code: LE2109 Introduction Based on Nathan Filer's experimental novel The Shock of the Fall I intend to depict how readers identify themselves with certain characters. Also addressing how the author uses metaphors and different themes to position the readers in order for them to interpret ideologies that are relatable universally. To explore these ideas literary criticisms will be gathered from websites such as Amazon and Goodreads, which has been reviewed to understand how readers place themselves within characters they read about. The book informs readers of a young boy who is suffering with schizophrenia who Armstrong, J. (2014). Experimental Fiction: An Introduction for Readers and Writers. London: Bloomsbury. Ceccarelli, L. (1998). Polysemy: Multiple meanings in rhetorical criticism. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 84(4), p.398. Cochrane, K. (2014). Costa winner Nathan Filer: 'This is huge, isn't it?'. [online] The Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/ books/2014/jan/29/nathan-filer-costa-award-shock [Accessed 2 Jan 2019]. Oatley, K. (1999). Meeting of Minds: Dialogue, sympathy, and identification in reading fiction. Poetics 26: 439-454. San, L. (2014). The Shock of the Fall By Nathan Filer, book review: 'Moved by the dark humour in a poignant debut.' The Observer online: https:// www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the- shock-of-the-fall-by-nathan- filer-book-review-moved-by-the-dark- humour-in-a-poignant-debut-9073069.html [Accessed 2 Jan 2019].