Sergei·Donatovich·Dovlatov is the one of the most important names in the the20th Century Russian emigre literature. He is famous for his distinctive writing style,which combines the Realism with the Post-Modernism. Dovlatov enjoys a greatpopularity in both the United States and Russia, even throughout the world.Dovlatov’s representative work <The Suitcase> shows the auto-biographicalfeatures. This novel is an unavoidable and valuable resource for researching onDovlatov’s writing style and narrative skills.This thesis first introduces the background of writing. By employing the idea ofShort Story Cycle, it describes the narrative features of Dovlatov’s work and analyzesthe dynamic pattern of the Suitcase. It turns to be concluded the way how thenarrative system works in the Suitcase---it seems to be separated, but indeed is aintegrated work as a whole. |