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NARRATOLOGY GÉRARD GENETTE

NARRATOLOGY GÉRARD GENETTE. By Lucie Guillemette and Cynthia Lévesque Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières http ://www.signosemio.com/genette/narratology.asp. ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES. Narrative Mood B. Narrative Instance C. Narrative Levels D. Narrative Time. A. NARRATIVE MOOD.

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NARRATOLOGY GÉRARD GENETTE

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  1. NARRATOLOGYGÉRARD GENETTE By Lucie Guillemette and Cynthia Lévesque Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières http://www.signosemio.com/genette/narratology.asp

  2. ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES • Narrative Mood B. Narrative Instance C. Narrative Levels D. Narrative Time

  3. A. NARRATIVE MOOD • Distance • Functions of the narrator

  4. DISTANCE 1. Narratized speech Example: He confided in his friend, telling him about his mother's death. 2. Transposed speech, indirect style Example: He confided to his friend that his mother had passed away. 3. Transposed speech, free indirect style Example: He confided to his friend: his mother had passed away. 4. Reported speech Example: He confided to his friend: "My mother passed away."

  5. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NARRATOR 1. The narrative function 2. The directing function 3. The communication function 4. The testimonial function 5. The ideological function

  6. B. NARRATIVE INSTANCE • Narrative Voice • Time of the Narration • Narrative Perspective

  7. NARRATIVE VOICE • Homodiegetic Narrator • Heterodiegetic Narrator • Autodiegetic Narrator

  8. TIME OF THE NARRATION 1. Subsequent narration 2. Prior narration 3. Simultaneous narration 4. Interpolated narration

  9. NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVE 1. Zero focalization 2. Internal focalization 3. External focalization

  10. C. NARRATIVE LEVELS • Embedded Narrator 2. Metalepses

  11. D. NARRATIVE TIME • Order • Duration • Frequency

  12. ORDER 1. Analepsis Example (fictitious): I woke up in a good mood this morning. In my mind were memories of my childhood, with Mum singing every morning, her voice ringing out. 2. Prolepsis Example (fictitious): How will my adventure in Europe affect me? I will never be able to look at my family and friends in the same way; surely I will become contentious and distant.

  13. DURATION • Pause: NT = n; ST = 0 2. Scene: NT = ST 3. Summary: NT < ST 4. Ellipsis: NT = 0; ST = n

  14. FREQUENCY 1. Singulative narration: 1N / 1S or nN / nS  2. Repeating narrative: nN /1S 3. Iterative narrative: 1N/nS

  15. REFERENCES CITED • GENETTE, G., Figures III, Paris: Seuil, 1972. • GENETTE, G., Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, trans. Jane Lewin, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1980. • GENETTE, G., Nouveau discours du récit, Paris: Seuil, 1983. • GENETTE, G., Narrative Discourse Revisited, trans. J. Lewin, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1980. • ANGELET, C. and J. HERMAN, "Narratologie", in M. Delcroix and F. Hallyn (dir.), Introduction aux études littéraires, Paris: Duculot, 1987 (consulted but not cited). • REUTER, Y., L’analyse du récit, Paris: Dunod, 1987 (consulted but not cited).

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