A Qualitative Study of the Reception of the Literary Arts and Its Implications for Public Funding in the Midlands and Beyond

我的主要研究领域包括文学接受和话语分析。更具体地说，在我的硕士论文中，我正在使用文本世界理论以及现实世界读者在网络社区中使用的评价性语言来研究朱利安·巴恩斯的小说《终结感》的语言。为了做到这一点，我在分析层面上使用了系统功能语言学(SFL：Halliday&Matthiessen，2004)中的评价框架，该框架为我提供了资源来探索评论者与被评论小说之间的人际关系。随后，它让我可以考虑评论本身与潜在的、看不见的读者之间的人际关系，这些读者可能会依赖它来做出购买决定。因此，我的研究致力于探讨文学作品、书评和书评之间的三个方面的互动。由于以往的文学接受研究侧重于文学作品和评价者之间的双向互动，从而没有考虑到社会影响在评价过程中的作用，这一分析具有特别重要的意义。在研究项目的背景下，这种方法可能有助于我考虑以下问题：(A)创作的文学作品之间的三方互动，(B)对公共资助机构的批判性评估，这体现在它们愿意资助类似的作品，以及(C)随后由WWM、BCU学术部门和这两个机构的作家对它们的决定进行评估。-在新作家依赖公共资金的情况下，公共资助机构进行的评估对新作品创作的影响程度。如上所述，由于我的硕士论文直接涉及对当代英国文学的批评，CDA职位对我非常有吸引力。我对与格雷戈里·利德贝特博士合作的前景感到兴奋，他们是BCU和WWM的作者，也是资金利益相关者。事实上，这不仅可以让我专注于中部地区对其他文学作品的接受，还可以让我解决这些作品的制作和发行问题。我在整个学术学习期间从事过各种工作，我相信，随着该项目寻求与相关国家和国际组织建立和发展联系，我强大的人际交往能力将是有效合作的关键。

My primary areas of research include Literary Reception and Discourse Analysis. More specifically, for my master's thesis, I am investigating the language of the novel The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes using Text-World Theory as well as the evaluative language used by real-world readers, in online communities, to engage with the novel. In order to do so, I am using, at an analytical level, the Appraisal framework within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL: Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004) which provides me with resources to explore the interpersonal relationship between the reviewers and the novel reviewed. Subsequently, it allows me to consider the interpersonal relationship between the review itself and potential, invisible readers, who may rely on it to make a purchase decision. As such, my research endeavours to address the three-way interaction between (a) literary work, (b) book reviews and (c) evaluation of the book reviews.This analysis is particularly significant as previous research on literary reception focuses on the two-way interaction between the literary work and the person carrying out the appraisal, and thus fails to account for the role of social influence in the evaluation process. In the context of the research project, this approach might help me consider the following issues:(a) The three-way interaction between the literary work produced, (b) the critical evaluation of public funding bodies, realised by their willingness to fund similar works and (c) the subsequent evaluation of their decisions by WWM, the BCU academic department and writers within both these institutions. - The extent to which the evaluations carried out by public funding bodies impact the production of new writing, insofar as new writers are dependent on public funding.As illustrated above, because my master's thesis is directly concerned with the critical of contemporary British Literature, the CDA position is very appealing to me. I am excited about the prospect of working with Dr. Gregory Leadbetter, writers within both BCU and WWM and funding stakeholders. Indeed, not only would it allow me to focus on the reception of other literary works in the Midlands, it would also allow me to address the questions of production and distribution of these works. I have had a variety of employments throughout my academic studies and I believe that, as the project seeks to establish and develop contacts with relevant national and international organisations, my strong interpersonal skills will be key to effective cooperation.