Questions:
Gloria Naylor's emotional prose
In "Lucielia Louise Turner," Naylor is celebrated for her ability to write "emotional prose." Is the lengthy description of Mattie's attentions to Ciel, after the funeral, an example of "emotional prose"? If so, what creates the emotion?
o The rhythms of phrases and sentences?
o The details of the description?
o The choice of words?
o The emotions displayed by the characters?
o Or all of those?