Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock time for psychological time ?
Correct answer: B. Laurence Sterne
- A. Henry Fielding
- B. Laurence Sterne
- C. Samuel Richardson
- D. Tobias Smollett
Explanation
Laurence Sterne wrote The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, which disrupts chronological narration through digression and follows the narrator's mental associations rather than ordinary clock time.
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