Question

Why there is no name of the narrator in the novel surfacing?

Answer 1

well dear
there are many novels where you don't get to know the narrator's name. they are simply referred to as I...

Answer 2

Answer:

Atwood avoids naming the narrator of Surfacing in order to emphasize the universality of the narrator's feeling of alienation from society. ... Her response to this alienation is to become an animal.