Free Indirect Discourse and Narrative Authority in Emma

Gunn, Daniel P.

doi:10.1353/nar.2003.0023

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“…We can compare this example to a very similar rhetorical move noted by Myers in a study of reported speech in focus group discussions, which he describes as free indirect discourse: … 1 it didn't matter did it . cause they were only Indians 2 exactly ] (Myers 1999: 337) The connections between free indirect speech as a form of reporting and irony have been frequently documented, particularly in stylistic analyses (Gunn 2004), and the irony is not hard to detect here, particularly as the speakers in both extracts seem to be expressing an opinion opposite to that genuinely held by them. Both 'echoic mention' (Sperber and Wilson, 1981) and 'pretense' (Clark and Gerrig, 1984) theories of irony capture the verbatim and dramaturgical aspects of reported speech in the examples examined here.…”

Section: Anti-racism As Common Knowledge: the Role Of Reported Speechmentioning

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Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech

Benwell

2012

Discourse & Society

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This article explores the rhetorical accomplishment by British book group members of anti-racist identities through their discussions of fictional texts in exploring themes of race and immigration. ‘Common-sense anti-racism’ is a social action or stance that is presented as self-evidently taken by speakers, yet explicitly flagged at the same time. Speakers in book group discussions routinely display enlightened, anti-racist views, principally by invoking the figure of the ‘racist other’ and their reported speech. Many of the examples of reported speech do not involve explicit markers of quotation or shifts in footing, meaning that the attribution of certain utterances to a racist ‘other’ relies on an assumption of shared values. The article questions why anti-racism tends to be packaged as an accountable matter in need of some impression management in the way that racism often is, and concludes that this is linked to the way in which it operates in contexts where anxieties around issues of race and racism continue to exist.

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Section: Anti-racism As Common Knowledge: the Role Of Reported Speechmentioning

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Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech

Benwell

2012

Discourse & Society

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“…Leech and Short (2007) listed eight types of speech and thought presentation, with Free Indirect Discourse (FID) as one of them. FID is used to blur the distinction between the voice and thoughts of the narrator and the voice and thoughts of their characters (Gunn, 2004). FID is a thoughtful presentation technique that allows third-person narration "slips in and out of characters' consciousness" that makes "characters' thoughts, feelings, and words spontaneously flow through the third-person narrator in FID".…”

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Transitivity, paradigmatic choices, and thought presentation: A stylistic analysis of Joyce’s Eveline

Cunanan

2019

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist.

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This paper shows how analyzing styles in fiction can be achieved in three ways: an in-depth examination of the role assignment of lexico-syntactic features, categorization of the choices in combining words, and examination of strategies in presenting characters' perspectives. It offers ways on how to guide students in English as a second language (ESL) in analyzing and appreciating English fiction. It aims to equip them with language tools in evaluating a writer's intended and desired aesthetic effects by using chosen linguistic features. To achieve this objective, this paper applies M.A.K. Halliday's systemic-functional grammatical model illustrating how language works in Joyce's Eveline, a short story. Specifically, this paper shows how EFL or ESL students can acquire a deeper appreciation of the worldview, perspective, or point of view of the author and his characters. Also, it illustrates how they may have a deeper appreciation of the craft, originality, and ingenuity of an author. Moreover, it demonstrates how using different techniques in speech and thought presentation could be made accessible by showing how rendering thoughts, feelings, and expressions can offer new perceptions and appreciations of what seems to be habitualized and ineffectual. did not find, was about to explore, remembered, had seen, felt elated, loves, felt pleasantly confused, had begun to like, noticed, remembered, could hear, knew, remembered, heard, remembered, mused, heard, wanted to live, knew, caught a glimpse, felt, and felt.

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“…The complexity of its formal realization and the need for contextual information necessitate a qualitative investigation of the relationship between the FIT and the speech acts used. There are studies of FIT used in Jane Austen's work (e.g., Gunn 2004), but only a few of them have paid specific attention to the interplay between the modes of speech presentation and the speech acts used. Semino and Short (2004, p.19) have pointed to the fact that FIT includes many exclamations.…”

Section: Free Indirect Thought Co-occurring With Thought Actsmentioning

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Manipulating the Reader: Literary Stylistics Analysis of James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

Ajmal

Afsar

Malghani

2019

GLR

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This study unveils some strategies deployed by James Joyce to manipulate the reader when they experience textual patterns to decipher meaning from the text. Investigating Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, this study delves into how the reader is pragmatically positioned and cognitively (mis)directed as Joyce guides their attention and influences their judgment. Thus, the text is a tool in the hand of the reader which evokes certain responses in readers and makes them invest time and struggle in understanding the text. Joyces use of speech categories and their speech acts or their summaries are crucial determining factors for the scales and corresponding modes of discourse presentation (Semino and Short 2004,p.19). The study concludes by providing the significant and functional role of the interplay between two highly complex discourse phenomena: speech acts and discourse presentation.

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Free Indirect Discourse and Narrative Authority in Emma

Cited by 67 publications

References 23 publications

Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech

Common-sense anti-racism in book group talk: The role of reported speech

Transitivity, paradigmatic choices, and thought presentation: A stylistic analysis of Joyce’s Eveline

Manipulating the Reader: Literary Stylistics Analysis of James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

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