Talk:Sunset Song

This page needs revision... one part claims it is told in "Flashbacks" and is mistakenly thought to be written in the third person, and in the section immediately afterward it says the novel is written in the third person. Really "who" the narrator is is ambiguous. It is definitely third person in the sense that it can't be the first person of Chris because it refers to her as "Chris" and not "I" or "me," but on the other hand, Chris is most of the time the center of consciousness for the narration, but then again at other times it seems to be the community at large's consciousness. This style of narrating in the third person but as if through the consciousness of someone or some group in particular is called free indirect style. Also, the part where it says "many women have been known" to say the description of childbirth couldn't have been written by a man definitely needs some sort of reference.

Frazerho 22:46, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: "Also, the part where it says "many women have been known" to say the description of childbirth couldn't have been written by a man definitely needs some sort of reference." - Yes, that's a bit of a silly thing to say. However, I can at least provide some (offline) references for the preceding statement "Some wondered if it had been written by a woman using a male pseudonym.":  J. F. G., 'Sunset Song. Striking Story of Mearns Life', Aberdeen Bon Accord and Northern Chronicle, 9 September 1932, 4: "Whether the author is a he or a she is a matter of doubt in the mind of the present writer." Also, Anon, 'Review of Sunset Song: A Novel. By Lewis Grassic Gibbon', The Fife Herald and Journal, 21 September 1932, 2: "Judging from certain passages in the story, one is forced to conclude that the writer is a Mrs Gibbon." Hudzilla (talk) 12:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

The article claims that is is written in a form of "artificial Scots'. I would contest this. It is very deliberately written in an artificial English; but an Enlgish very expertly written in the rhythmn and cadence of Scots, with selective use of vocabulary and idiom. The author states as much in the preface, comparing it to writing in German but trying to evoke Dutch. The result is that to a Scot reading it there is a subconscious translation, 'brave' becomes 'braw' etc, but for an english reader it remains the same, although excellent none the less! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.144.255 (talk) 17:03, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

'first nude scene'
Does that mean first on BBC Scotland?

Regards to all, 78.144.162.132 (talk) 16:28, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

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"widely regarded as one of the most important Scottish novels"
Indeed, it is a "key text" in both Scottish secondary schools and Scottish University literature courses. Astonishing, then, that the Wikipedia article for this book is so piss-poor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.152.105.179 (talk) 15:20, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Well improve it then! PatGallacher (talk) 15:23, 2 October 2020 (UTC)