The study explores the narrative viewpoints in Joyce's "The Dead" through an examination of deictic shifts. It contributes to an understanding of the type of cognitive mechanics Joyce employed to capture the reader's cognitive stance. The question regarding the nature of cognitive resources that create a parallel between the narrator, characters, and readers is investigated. The research highlights the role of POPs and PUSHes in portraying the narrative structure. The text is divided into three parts, and the shifts of deictic centers are schematically represented, with a focus on likely deictic foregrounding that has aesthetic functions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Introduction
- Approaching Point of View in Stylistics
- Approaching Point of View in Cognitive Stylistics
- Deictic Shift Theory
- Deictic Terms and the Deictic Center
- Place Deictic Terms
- Person and Social Deictic Terms
- Emphatic Deictic Terms
- Deictic Projection and Deictic Fields
- Deictic Terms and the Deictic Center
- Narrative Progression and the Deictic Center Shift
- Deictic Center Shifts Throughout Joyce's The Dead
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This study explores how narrative viewpoints are structured in Joyce's story "The Dead." It examines the deictic shift theory to understand how the cognitive mechanics used by Joyce engage the reader. The primary question is how the cognitive parallelism between the narrator, characters, and the reader is achieved, and how this impacts the reader's cognitive involvement in the text. The research tracks the complex deictic shift patterns within the narrative progression of "The Dead" and uses a schematic representation to highlight the dynamics of deictic shifts in shaping narrative viewpoints.
- Cognitive parallelism between reader, narrator and characters
- Deictic shift theory and its application to literary analysis
- The role of deictic shifts in structuring narrative viewpoints
- Reader engagement and cognitive involvement in the text
- The impact of deictic shifts on the interpretation of literary works
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
- Introduction: Discusses the captivating nature of reading prose fiction and how narrative viewpoints can engage readers cognitively. Introduces the study's aim to investigate how readers identify and respond to the anchoring capacity of language in Joyce's "The Dead."
- Approaching Point of View in Stylistics: Defines narrative point of view as the angle of telling and emphasizes the importance of identifying "who tells and who sees" in understanding narration.
- Approaching Point of View in Cognitive Stylistics: Introduces the deictic shift theory and its key components, including deictic terms, the deictic center, deictic projection, and deictic fields.
- Narrative Progression and the Deictic Center Shift: Explores the relationship between narrative progression and the shifting deictic center, outlining how these shifts contribute to the narrative structure.
- Deictic Center Shifts Throughout Joyce's The Dead - Part One: Analyzes the deictic center shifts in the first part of "The Dead," highlighting significant cases of deictic foregrounding.
- Deictic Center Shifts Throughout Joyce's The Dead - Part Two: Examines the deictic center shifts in the second part of "The Dead," focusing on the role of deictic foregrounding in shaping the narrative.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
The primary keywords and focus topics include narrative viewpoints, deictic shift theory, cognitive stylistics, reader engagement, cognitive parallelism, deictic center, deictic projection, deictic fields, narrative progression, and Joyce's "The Dead."
- Deictic Shift Theory
- Quote paper
- Khalid Shakir Hussein (Author), 2023, Exploring Narrative Viewpoints in Joyce's 'The Dead'. An Examination of Deictic Shift Theory and Cognitive Mechanics, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1380740
