Abstract
The emergence of fields of study like emotionology, affective narratology, and psychonarratology in recent decades evidences a dramatic rise in research done on the meaning and interpretation of emotions. Affective Narratology as one of the recent fields in emotion studies attempts to identify and account for the figuration of emotions in works of literature. Focusing on three basic emotions (shame, jealousy and love) figuring in Alice Munro’s selected short stories this paper probes the significance of emotional registers in the writer's depiction of daily life. Examined is the way the stories' sincere tone and their comprehensible, ordinary language, contribute to the emotional identification of readers with characters. Applying affective narratological theories, the objective is to show how emotions contribute to plot development and characterization in these stories. Central to the analysis is interpreting emotional moments experienced by characters, especially female characters
Highlights
Emotion is always an inseparable element of our lives, and no one can deny the crucial role that it plays all through the history of humanity; it was not often included in researches as a vital element in the structure of stories
In the last two decades, it has become more important with the rise of "affective science." we witness the growth in approaches related to emotion like cognitive science, emotionology, affective narratology, and so on
This paper aims to trace and probe, in the light of affective narratology, emotions of love, shame, and jealousy in Munro's Friend of My Youth, Lives of Girls and Women, Run Away, Too Much Happiness, and The View from the Castle Rock
Summary
Emotion is always an inseparable element of our lives, and no one can deny the crucial role that it plays all through the history of humanity; it was not often included in researches as a vital element in the structure of stories. In the last two decades, it has become more important with the rise of "affective science." we witness the growth in approaches related to emotion like cognitive science, emotionology, affective narratology, and so on. Hogan (2011b) believes that what shapes and orients story structures is emotion. Hogan (2011b) in his book, Affective Narratology, maintains that based on the kind of emotion and the way it is expressed; we will have different responses Emotion systems manipulate the development of the stories. Hogan (2011b) in his book, Affective Narratology, maintains that based on the kind of emotion and the way it is expressed; we will have different responses (p. 2)
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