Narrative category point of view in the novel «Stone maples» by L. Eltang

Abstract

This article examines the narrative category point of view: it introduces theoretical remarks that reveal and clarify this concept in the framework of the modern theory of narrative, as well as an analysis of this category in Lena Eltang’s novel “Stone Maples”. In narratology, the point of view is one of the leading categories; it is synonymous with the concepts of “focalization”, “perspective” and “narrative modality” and is directly related to the narrator of the work. This article discusses various approaches to the interpretation of the concept of point of view, discusses the similarities and differences, different theoretical approaches to the terms “perspective”, “focalization”, “narrative modality.” An analysis of the theoretical works devoted to this problem also makes it possible to conclude that one of the leading roles in the construction of a narrative is given to the narrator. In L. Eltang’s novel “Stone Maples”, many different points of view (respectively, several narrators) are encountered: several subjects of speech and several different narrative lines are presented in the text. The main narrative and style principles, as well as the features of the narrative organization of the novel “Stone Maples” were examined. Integrated research methods allowed us to determine that in L. Eltang’s novel “Stone Maples” there are many different points of view: several subjects of speech and several different narrative lines are presented in the text; the communicative basis of the narrative work, the “mosaic” narrative, multilevel author puzzles and the detective story base of the novel activate the role of the reader of “Stone Maples”, who is given the function of one of the narrators of the work. The article emphasizes that a biased, false narrative is formed in the novel, destroying the principles of classical narration.