Abstract
This paper employs narrative discourse analysis to analyze Edger Allen Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by using two narrative analysis frameworks that focus on the macrostructure (Stein, 1982) and microstructure (Halliday & Hasan, 1976) aspects of the story. The analysis covers the story's purpose, generic structure, and lexicogrammatical cohesion. Findings show that the writer follows a series of structural moves and uses a variety of narrative strategies (e.g. high level of involvement and a wide range of lexical and grammatical cohesive ties) which contribute to the creation of a well-formed text that has effectively achieved its purpose and made its intended effect. This paper argues that there are many ways in which this macro- and microstructure analysis of the story may be exploited in the English language classroom. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the analysis and offers some suggestions and engaging activities for language teaching purposes.
Highlights
TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?"The Tell-Tale Heart", a tale of horror, is one of Edgar Allen Poe's famous short stories that has been long admired as an excellent example of how a short story can produce an effect on the reader
It should be noted that the paper can by no means fully address all aspects of narrative analysis
The paper argues that there are many ways in which the macro- and microstructure analysis of the story may be exploited in the English language classroom
Summary
TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why WILL you say that I am mad?. Poe (1809-1849) was a prolific American writer He published some seventy tales (Silverman, 1993). It should be noted that the paper can by no means fully address all aspects of narrative analysis. It aims to examine how different parts of this story become so united and meaningfully connected so as to keep the reader in suspense. The paper argues that there are many ways in which the macro- and microstructure analysis of the story may be exploited in the English language classroom. The aim of this paper is twofold: 1) It attempts to analyze the macro- and microstructure aspects of Poe's short story: "The Tell-Tale Heart.". The paper comprises three main sections: macrostructure analysis of the story (genre and schematic structure), microstructure analysis of the story (lexicogrammatical cohesion), and implications of the analysis for language classroom
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