Read the excerpt below:
"July 14, 1978 — The Minister had assured us that the petroleum decree would pass smoothly, but as I sat in the gallery, I watched Chief Kalu—whom everyone in Lagos knows is modeled directly on my late uncle, Senator Ojo—rewrite the bill's key clause in real time. My published narrative records his exact speech, though I disguised his title and name to shield myself from libel."
Based on the narrator's explanation of how real-life political figures are represented under fictitious identities within a narrative framework, which prose subgenre does the author's work exemplify?
- Roman à clefCevap
- BEpistolary novel
- CMemoir
- DBiography
Cevap
The prose narrative described is a roman à clef, which represents actual historical events and real individuals behind a veneer of fictional characters and altered names.
The passage describes a fictional narrative that transparently overlays real historical events and actual political figures using disguised names. This structural technique defines a roman à clef (literally 'novel with a key'), where informed readers can unlock the real-world identities behind the fictitious character names.
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Roman à clef and Subgenres of Prose