Narrated perception revisited: The case of Jane Austen’s Emma
Narrated perception revisited: The case of Jane Austen’s Emma
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重温叙事感知:简·奥斯丁笔下的艾玛的案例
DOI:
10.1177/0963947011435862
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
0.7
通讯作者:
Elena Pallarés
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作者:
Elena Pallarés
Jane Austen’s Emma (1816) is generally considered an ambiguous and unreliable narrative in terms of point of view (Morini, 2009: 53–57; Wallace, 1995: 77–97). These qualities are often attributed to the extensive use of free indirect discourse (Finch and Bowen, 1990: 5–6; Mezei, 1996: 72–75). This article aims to demonstrate that another narrative technique is also responsible for the ambiguity and unreliability of the novel. ‘Narrated perception’ (NP) portrays the sensory perceptions of a fictional character by describing events as they are experienced by that character (Fludernik, 1993: 305–309). NP has been pointed out by some critics to be a distinct narrative technique, but in general perception is included within the broader category of free indirect discourse (FID), and occasionally as an aspect of free indirect thought (FIT). This article suggests that there are some subtle differences between NP and FID/FIT, and thus it can be beneficial to examine NP separately. In fact, NP is frequently similar to pure narration in terms of form and function. As a case study, this article presents a stylistic analysis of a number of passages containing NP in Emma which do not typically feature in studies of FID/FIT. The analysis provides textual evidence of (1) the presence of Emma’s sensory perceptions within what looks like narration, (2) the close connection between perception, thought and emotion, and (3) the difficulty of distinguishing between perception and narration in some cases, which suggests the potential of NP to mislead the reader by presenting as a seemingly objective fact what later on turns out to be Emma’s mistaken assessment.
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发表时间:
2007
期刊:
Language and Literature 16・1
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KOBAYASHI;Fumiko;小林 ふみ子;小林 ふみ子;小林 ふみ子;Wout van Bekkum and Naoya Katsumata;寺西 雅之;Masayuki Teranishi
通讯作者:
Masayuki Teranishi