Narrative Techniques In Dan Brown’S The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is one of the most successful and controversial novels of our time. Other authors have jumped on the bandwagon writing novels on Christian topics or treasure hunts or simply discussing The Da Vinci Code. Even the film industry has profited by using Brown’s strategies (and topics) in the successful movie National Treasure and by taking advantage of the Grail publicity in TV productions like The Blood of the (Knights) Templar. But which strategies does Brown use to make the reader enjoy reading The Da Vinci Code? In my essay, I would like to focus on his use of narrative techniques.
The Da Vinci Code is told by a restricted third-person narrator. He tells the story from various points of view without ever giving away too much. The point of view varies from chapter to chapter depending on the character whose actions are in focus. Most chapters are told from Robert Langdon’s and Sophie Neveu’s points of view but there are also chapters which......
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