Correlation of Space and Time in H.G.Wells's The Time Machine
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2014-04
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Department of English
Abstract
This research is an attempt to explore both a philosophical enquiry into the
nature of space-time as well as novel of pure imagination. It uses the chronotopic
ideas of spatial and temporal dimension of Bakhtin in multiple timelines, intersecting
plural voices with multiple meanings.H.G.Wells's The Time Machine makes first
experimental journey along the fourth dimension. It crashes landing into the year
802701. The traveller experiences centrifugal and centripetal forces with new kind of
experience in time. The entire theme of the novel centersina temporal discordance
where narrator recalls another event before the story begins. Thus,the entire novel
itself is a relieved memory.The Time Traveller was discussing in the beginning of the
story. The title of the book is typically understood to refer to the machine, the
narrators contained memory ofthe events, and the narrator’s memory could be
referred to as a time machine. This is one of the strongest examples of how Wells
reaffirms human dominance over time in space through the narrative and structure of
his novel.
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'The Time Machine' Novel, English literature