Abstract
This paper aims at analyzing Terry Bisson’s short story Bears Discover Fire stylistically by following both Gerard Genette’s theory of narratology (1980) and Short and Leech (1981) strategy for analyzing fictional works. Also trying to examine to what extent these models are applicable in analyzing the selected story. Stylistic analysis procedures help the readers/researchers to identify specific linguistic features in order to support literary interpretation and appreciation of literary texts. Style in fiction concentrates not on what is written, but on how a text is written. Each writer has his own style and techniques which distinguish him from other writers
Highlights
Stylistics is an approach which applies the methods and findings of linguistics
Hemingway avoids using descriptive words like. He depends heavily on nouns and verbs, while other writers may do the opposite. In this way stylistics helps the readers to distinguish between the different styles of different writers
Definitions of Important Terms Before trying to analyze the selected work stylistically, it is crucial to understand the meaning of some terms related to the fictional world such as: 1- Narration: (Abrams, 2005:181) defines narrative as a story, whether told in prose or verse
Summary
Stylistics is an approach which applies the methods and findings of linguistics. “Its aim is to show how the technical linguistic features of a literary work, such as the grammatical structure of its sentences, contribute to its overall meanings and effects” (Barry, 2002:135). Definitions of Important Terms Before trying to analyze the selected work stylistically, it is crucial to understand the meaning of some terms related to the fictional world such as: 1- Narration: (Abrams, 2005:181) defines narrative as a story, whether told in prose or verse. This paper focuses on selected points of Genette’s theory according to their importance and relevance in analyzing the story, these include the following: 1-Narrative Voice Genette divides narrators of a story into three types: Extradiegetic: is the third-person narrator who introduces and describes characters and events by using the 3rd person pronouns (he, she, they and it). The ideological function: the story is interrupted by the character who narrates the events, in order to give advice and comments These verbs can make the semantic meaning rather tricky but this can not affect the simplicity of the writer’s language
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