What about the style of the novel?

这篇小说的风格呢
You talked about dialog.

你们说到了它有很多对白
Is there anything else about the style that you noticed?

你们还注意到它风格上别的特征了吗
Yes. Student: There's

好了你说
a lot of italics. Prof:A lot of italics.

小说中有很多的斜体字很多斜体字
What does that connote to you? Student: Trying

这暗示着什么
to convey feeling. Prof:Yeah.

试图表达一种感情是的
Absolutely. A lot of emphasis, a lot of variation in tone, and the

非常正确很多重读很多语气变化
italics are part of the representation of that.

斜体字也是其中的一种表现方式
Yeah. What else?

好的还有别的吗
Yes. Student: A lot of the dialog

很多的对白看起来好像是
seems to be combative.

具有挑战意义的