Style

Schindler’s List

by Thomas Keneally

Schindler’s List: Style 1 key example

Chapter 37
Explanation and Analysis:

Schindler’s List is written in the style of a “documentary novel,” meaning it recreates historical events using factual accounts as well as elements of fiction like dialogue and description. The novel bases its reconstruction of events on concrete resources like archival documents and eyewitness accounts, often alluding to this research directly in the prose.