Volume VI Special Issue I January 2026

Name of Author : May Pwint Phyu, Dr Aung Kyi

Title of the paper : Narrative Voice in the Age of Global Crises: A Comparative Analysis of The Glass Palace and All the Light We Cannot See through Gérard Genettes Narratology

Abstract: This study examines how the narrative voice and temporal structure work together to show how people feel about global problems in Amitav Ghoshs The Glass Palace 2000 and Anthony Doerrs All the Light We Cannot See 2014. The study employs Gérard Genettes narratological framework, particularly his categories of order, duration, frequency, mood, and voice, to illustrate how both authors use the chronology of events and perspectives to depict the disruptions caused by war, empire, and technology. Ghoshs all knowing but changing narration makes colonial history a memory that can be passed down through generations. Doerrs disjointed sequencing illustrates the simultaneous nature of contemporary combat and its resultant moral confusion. This study asserts that the integration of Genettes formal technique with the examination of transnational fiction establishes narrative temporality as a moral language, expressing connectivity and empathy across historical divides. The comparative reading shows that structure, rhythm, and point of view are not only ways to write they are also moral frameworks that affect how writers think about the state of the world.

Keywords : Gérard Genette, narrative voice, temporal structure, global crises, and comparative literature

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Page Number : 219-228