Narrating the Element of Time in She learned from Devil and burned

“She learned from Devil and burned” narrates the urban life. The author by making use of the classical but interesting technique of “Diaries”, depicts the heroine of her novel, while paying a special attention to the element of time. By using this technique, she narrates nearly a two year time-span of her protagonist’s life in a way that her homelessness can be deeply felt. The laborious but monotonous life of the protagonist, through focusing on the element of time, seems effective and convincing enough. The theoretical framework adopted in this article is that of Genette for analyzing narratives. This model shows how important the role of time and its interrelated elements are as the focal techniques used in the Modernistic narratives.