Narrative Techniques Research Articles

A Csigolya fiú esete Pató Sárival

The oeuvre of Sándor Petőfi is one of the most well-researched one, still it has parts which are – paradoxically – lesser-known in the literary consciousness. The prose of Petőfi can be seen as a “blind spot” which has not been integrated into the curriculum of public education and it was hardly ever discussed in the professional discourse as this corpus was considered to have a marginal status. Petőfi, who oŸen declared his versatility in the 1840s, translated prose and experimented with different narrative techniques in his novel and short stories. Petőfi’s short stories are strongly connected to the financial aspects of publishing, however, they should not be viewed simply as “fillers” since these texts can be analysed from a literary perspective, considering the variation of genre conventions, narrative styles and tones in these experimental short stories which interact with the other texts of the oeuvre, as well. This paper reviews Petőfi’s latest published short story regarding the reality effects of the text.

Study on William Faulkner's Long Sentence Style Based on “The Sound and the Fury”

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of William Faulkner's narrative technique in "The Sound and the Fury," with a specific focus on his use of long sentences and multi-perspective storytelling. Faulkner's innovative approach to sentence structure is examined as a key element in shaping the novel's thematic depth and emotional resonance. Each section of the novel, presented through different characters' viewpoints, is characterized by unique sentence constructions that reflect individual mental states and emotional experiences. The paper explores how these long, complex sentences enhance the reader's understanding of themes such as time, memory, and identity. Additionally, the interaction between Faulkner's elongated sentences and the multi-perspective narrative is analyzed as a crucial device in conveying the fragmented and chaotic nature of the characters' lives and their broader social context. The paper concludes that Faulkner's work, through its stylistic complexity and depth, continues to resonate as a seminal exploration of the human condition.

Let science be told: A review of ideas for storytelling in science communication

There is a rich literature on storytelling in public science communication, mostly advancing the premise that it helps in telling science to the public. We present here a summary of results from a review of ideas on the subject guided by a set of questions about goals, techniques, and research. We found no consensus on the notion of what is a story, yet some useful approximations emerged. There are various goals driving the use of storytelling to communicate science, from engaging to creating emotions to favouring understanding. The structure of the stories appeared as a crucial element, and three types of structures are dominant. As a field in evolution, there are not many empirical studies, but the few we found appear promising. We conclude that there is ample opportunity for discussion and research regarding emotions, persuasion, understanding and innovation in the use of narrative concepts and techniques to better let the science be told.

Reflections on the Interconnectedness of Narrative Strategies and Identity Crisis in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe

Women experience subjugation, suppression, discrimination, and marginalization within patriarchal societies. Anita Nair's literary works explore the varied roles that women assume in their everyday existence and their challenges in the process of self-exploration. Anita Nair's first novel, Ladies Coupe, explores the protagonist's psychology and examines the suppression of women's identity in Indian society through her storytelling technique. To address the unfortunate situation of women, Nair briefly focuses on the condition of contemporary women in a culture dominated by men and their suffering due to the institution of marriage. The objective of this article is to examine the narrative tactics and strategies utilized in the novel Ladies Coupe. Nair's narration serves as a critique of gender norms and the subjugation of women inside a patriarchal culture. She focused her plot narration strategies on depicting women as independent, strong, and outspoken which reflects her changed role from the traditional norm. This paper tries to explore the different narrative techniques subtly interwoven into the texture and structure of her novel Ladies Coupe.

Liberation of Women in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun

This study focuses on the liberation of Afro-American women through women empowerment. It examines the basic rights of women, gender issues and domestic violence . it also examines the oppression towards women. Narrative technique is used to describe the status of women in a patriarchal society. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel “Purple Hibiscus” describes the struggle for liberation from oppression. The title of the novel “Purple Hibiscus” may refer to a particular type of flower but it develops the hope for liberation in the major character Kambili. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel “Half Of a Yellow Sun” describes the struggle for liberation from sexuality and to liberate Biafran from the Nigerian soldiers.

A Minor Subject: Habit and Subjectivity in Modernist Literature and Philosophy


 
 
 In this essay, I intend to investigate some of the aspects of the resurgence of habit at the dawn of the twentieth century by touching upon a series of paradigmatic texts of the modernist canon and by investigating their debts to and consonances with the contemporary philosophies of habit. My thesis is that during those decades – seen as a mere chapter in the longer history of modernity – the philosophical and literary theme of habit served not only as a way to understand and represent the ordinary dimension of life, but also as a means to develop an idea of human subjectivity that could mediate between the centrifugal and the centripetal tendencies that permeated the competing ideologies of the time. The crisis of subjectivity that characterized modernism and which has often been simplistically represented as a disintegration of the subject into irredeemably broken fragments, should rather be seen as the development of a dialectical idea of a “minor subject”, that is, an open, dynamic, multilayered subjectivity still endowed by a certain malleable consistency. Both modernist literature and its philosophical counterparts found in the “minor subject” (here in the sense of “subject matter”) of habit, the opportunity to investigate and represent the porosity between activity and passivity, volition and determinism, individual identity and social structures, that characterize this idea of subjectivity.
 I focus on three different representative – though not exhaustive – facets of the issue. In the first section, relying on Virginia Woolf's work, I highlight how some of the narrative techniques developed by Modernist writers can be seen as an attempt to give a plastic representation to the blurred boundaries of subjectivity as captured in the everyday existence of their characters. I then connect these innovations to the theory of habit of Samuel Butler, whom Woolf identified as one of the harbingers of modernity. In the second section I focus on Marcel Proust to discuss how modernist writers proved to be able to combine two opposed views of habit: on the one hand, the view of habit as purely mechanical and leading to inauthentic life; on the other, the idea of habit as essential to the human being's potential for self-perfecting and creativity. The third section is dedicated to addiction, seen as a form of habit in which the subject is radically torn between opposite forces. Following insights from Sigmund Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle, I interpret Italo Svevo's Zeno's Conscience as a meditation on how such a torn subjectivity manifests the essential incompleteness of the human subject and life's insuppressible nostalgia for the inorganic.
 Virginia Woolf’s blurred boundaries, Marcel Proust’s ambiguous authenticity, and Italo Svevo’s split selfhood are three interconnected facets of the modernists’ interest in the “minor subject” of habit. Investigating the interaction between the philosophical and the literary discourses on habit at the dawn of the twentieth century can contribute to a more nuanced reconstruction of a pivotal moment in the history of thought but also to the contemporary philosophical debate. Almost exactly one century later, the renewed interest in the theme of habit mirrors a situation in part similar to what characterized the ideological landscape of the time, as now too it is concerned with the attempt to reimagine a “minor subject” that mediates between the postmodern pulverization of identity and the temptation of reaffirming anachronistic forms of strong subjectivities.
 
 

Poti do literarne interpretacije: skica ob Francoskem testamentu Andreïa Makina

In the article an interpretive tool/framework is presented that attempts to aid in-depth reading. To illustrate this tool/framework, the article takes this year’s baccalaureate text, the novel Le testament français by Andreï Makine. Referring to this novel the article outlines the individual levels of interpretation and specifically addresses the analytical part of understanding texts, which, with slow, thorough reading, placement in a broader context and the determining of the theme through the structure of excerpts from the text, represents a framework for literary interpretation. Attention is drawn to the most important characteristics of the external construction of Le testament français (genre syncretism, the significance of the title and the introductory citations), the difficulty of determining the theme (of an excerpt) of the text (isotopy, topic, key words, principal and secondary themes) and certain evident formal characteristics (smaller units, the relationship between these units, lexicon, parts of speech, the use of verb tenses, tropes, means of verbalisation, narrative technique, the category of space and time, the narrator).

Spatial Narration and Psychotherapy in Suspense Novels Taking "Shutter Island" as an Example

In the 21st century, suspense novels have evolved and authors increasingly explore narrative theory and techniques. This study analyzes the employment of narrative techniques in Dennis Lehane's "Shutter Island" by applying Lefebvre's space theory. This theory links space with social production, infused with Marxist concepts, imparting social attributes to space, transcending its conventional geometric definition. The research delves into three dimensions: spatial practice, spatial representation, and the space of representation to expound on how the spatial narration in the text mirrors the psychological transformations of the characters. Characters' memories within the spatial context influence their actions, generating a sequence of spatial clusters. The emergence of new spaces and imagery impacts character cognition. The three enigmatic symbols in the text encode the protagonist's memories, unravelled through dreams, constructing a novel textual space. It is within this multifaceted interplay that the treatment of 'mental illness' is addressed. This analysis demonstrates how narrative techniques intertwined with spatial theory serve as a compelling medium to portray intricate psychological facets in Lehane's ""Shutter Island"."

Role Orientation, Development and Transformation of News Editors in the New Media Era

With the rapid development of modern economy and society and the arrival of the information age, the new media have profoundly influenced the daily lives of people. News editors, as disseminators and advocates of news information, play an important role in the dissemination of news information. In the new media era, the news dissemination of new media relies on the degree of strengthening but also puts forward new development requirements for the development of news editors. This paper is based on the role of news editing and development transformation to analyse and solve the key problems in the current stage of news dissemination. In the new media era for the news editor, the new requirements listed in the new media era for the news editor include role positioning analysis and development transformation measures. The changing role of news editors in the new media era and their need to adapt to digital platforms and audience participation, utilise audience data, and develop multimedia narrative techniques Subvert the traditional communication mode of paper media, gradually adapt to and turn to the development of multimedia news reporting channels, and transform the skills and strategies of journalists to adapt to the progress of this era.

Narrative Realism in Ukrainian TV News Layout: Editorial Strategies and Viewer Engagement (2004-2020)

The main aim of this study was to investigate the strategic employment of narrative methods and presentational techniques in Ukrainian television news from 2004 to 2020. This study sought to evaluate their impact on the construction of narratives and public discourse. A mixed-methods approach was employed to analyze 531 news releases from three Ukrainian television channels: “1+1”, “Ukraina”, and “Inter”. The application of statistical methods for data processing was employed for the quantitative analysis, while the qualitative analysis comprised a rhetorical investigation of narratives and framing techniques. This approach enabled a comprehensive examination of how news narratives are structured, presented, and perceived, offering insights into the underlying mechanisms of news layouts and editorial strategies. The study’s findings demonstrated a significant reliance on conflict framing, economic consequence framing, and character-driven narratives to increase viewer engagement and comprehension. Hierarchical structuring and modular design were identified as key presentation methods that reflect adaptability to real-time broadcasting requirements and audience preferences. This investigation concludes that narrative strategies and presentation techniques play a crucial role in shaping public perception, thereby affecting the construction of media narratives and societal views. The study’s findings are significant for media practitioners and policymakers, as they emphasize the importance of narrative realism and ethical considerations in news production. The research results also offer a foundation for future studies on the effects of digital transformation on news narrative structures.

The effect of story-telling in coaching and mentoring engagement

This paper examines the impact of storytelling on coaching and mentoring engagements, exploring how narrative techniques can enhance the effectiveness of these developmental relationships. This study investigates the role of storytelling in fostering a deeper connection between coach or mentor and mentee, facilitating personal and professional growth, and improving communication and understanding. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this paper combines qualitative interviews with quantitative surveys to gather insights from both coaches and mentees across various industries. The findings suggest that storytelling significantly enriches the coaching and mentoring experience by providing relatable examples, inspiring motivation, and offering practical lessons. This paper discusses the implications of these findings for practitioners and organizations, recommending strategies for incorporating storytelling into coaching and mentoring programs to maximize their impact.

Navigating Discontent: Postmodern Interpretations of Steinbeck's The Winter of Our Discontent

Navigating Discontent: Postmodern Interpretations of Steinbeck's 'The Winter of Our Discontent'“ presents a comprehensive examination of John Steinbeck's classic novel through the lens of postmodern theory. This paper delves into the multifaceted layers of discontent depicted in the novel and explores how postmodern perspectives shed new light on its themes, characters, and narrative structure. This study examines the fluidity of meaning and the disintegration of identity within the text, drawing on many postmodern frameworks, including deconstruction, poststructuralism, and metafiction. It investigates how Steinbeck's portrayal of disillusionment, moral decay, and economic struggles resonates with postmodern critiques of societal constructs and power dynamics. Furthermore, this paper examines the role of language, narrative techniques, and intertextuality in shaping the reader's experience of discontent in the novel. By engaging with postmodern concepts of simulation, hyperreality, and the absence of stable truths, it explores the ways in which Steinbeck challenges traditional modes of storytelling and invites readers to navigate through a complex landscape of uncertainty and ambiguity. Through this postmodern interpretation, “Navigating Discontent” seeks to illuminate the enduring relevance of Steinbeck's work in contemporary discourse and invites readers to reconsider the novel's themes in the context of postmodern thought.

The Narrative Techniques and the Image of Cnut the Great in Deeds of the Danes

The Narrative Techniques and the Image of Cnut the Great in Deeds of the Danes

Examining Resilience and Redemption in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon within Black Literary Contexts

This paper explores the themes of resilience and redemption in Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon within the framework of Black literature. Through textual analysis and contextual interpretation, it investigates how Morrison portrays the journey of her characters in navigating personal and collective struggles, and ultimately finding resilience and redemption. By examining the socio-cultural backdrop of the narrative and Morrison’s narrative techniques, this study aims to illuminate the significance of resilience and redemption as enduring motifs in Black literary traditions. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of Morrison’s work and its broader implications in African American literature.

Ориентальный бестиарий Михаила Щербакова

The paper presents and comments on the main corpus of oriental bestiary compiled based on the works of Mikhail Shcherbakov. These works incorporate elements of ethnography, mythology, history, legends, beliefs, and literary traditions from both Eastern and Western back-grounds. Shcherbakov’s animal world includes the tiger, the “master of the taiga,” gods and mythological creatures such as Ganesha, a man-god with the head of an elephant, the “fox” Irinari (Inari), and the Egyptian scarab. There are also fantastic mammoths and dragons, the symbol of a prosperous sea voyage, the seagull, and others. In the “Black Series” story, luminaries and comets come to life, transforming in front of the reader with vibrant colors and shapes, altering the existing dimension. The bestiary of Shcherbakov combines multiple worlds and cultures, creating an exotic space where stories, reminiscent of Jack London’s novels, are presented as if they were documentary stories interwoven with oriental folklore, legends, and myths. The Shcherbakov’s “zoological code” reveals a complex fusion of mythological motifs, images, and documentary elements, confirmed in many texts by the role of the “I-narrator.” This narrative technique allows the reader to fully experience the past on an epic scale by presenting a character interacting with animal-gods. Simultaneously, it provides the writer with a means to explore the modern Eastern world, into which the Russian emigrant is deeply immersed.

Narrative Techniques in the Short Story According to Mohsen Al-Ramli: Distant Papers from the Tigris as a Sample

Narrative Techniques in the Short Story According to Mohsen Al-Ramli: Distant Papers from the Tigris as a Sample

Austen’s Double-Edged Sword: Unveiling Irony and Interiority in Her Narratives

Jane Austen, often regarded as a “literary rebel” within the landscape of English literature, challenges conventions while embracing them in her novels. This paper delves into Austen's role as both a conformist and a revolutionary figure in the realm of literature. Beginning with an exploration of Austen's place within the English novel tradition, the paper examines her unique approach to storytelling, characterized by a focus on domestic satire and heroine-oriented narratives. Austen's commitment to social criticism, achieved through a realistic portrayal of everyday life, distinguishes her from her contemporaries. The analysis extends to Austen's distinctive style, marked by a Johnsonian influence and an innovative use of irony and comedy to expose societal shortcomings. Austen's mastery of dialogue further accentuates her ability to capture social nuances and class distinctions. Despite her self-proclaimed "ignorance," Austen's works resonate with a profound understanding of human nature and societal dynamics. Through meticulous characterization and narrative technique, Austen achieves a timeless quality in her prose that continues to captivate readers.

Digital Storytelling as a New Narrative Technique in Short Videos Telling China Stories

Digital Storytelling as a New Narrative Technique in Short Videos Telling China Stories

An Analysis of Narrative Techniques and Health Communication Impact in the Medical Documentary Depression and Me

This study discusses the narrative strategy of medical documentary and aims to analyze how its narrative technique promotes the effectiveness of health communication to the masses. This study takes Depression and Me as an example, using literature and text analysis. Based on Genette's narratology theory, this medical documentary is analyzed from the aspects of narrative speech and transformed speech in narrative discourse as well as internal focalization (fixed internal focalization and multiple internal focalization) in narrative focalization. It is found that the narrative mode of this documentary is conducive to generating emotional resonance with the audience, thereby improving the public's understanding of depression, and achieving the effect of health communication. However, this study also has problems with sample limitations and subjective interpretation, as well as limitations of data collection methods.

Roslan Jomel’s Experimental Short Stories and the Influences of Marquez and Murakami

In the 1970s, experimental Malay short stories underwent a profound change. Different factors such as writers’ exposure to other part of the world literature reading materials, including such schools of thought and international authors’ works, result in changes of writing techniques. Recent decade has witnessed the continued growth of experimental short stories and the emergence of numerous new authors with innovative styles and techniques. Roslan Jomel is one of the few experimental short story writers with a penchant for experimenting with new techniques and styles, to the point where critics have praised his originality and freshness. Considering this innovation, the purpose of this article is to describe the styles and techniques utilised by Roslan Jomel in his short stories. Through interviews with the writer and textual analysis of his short stories, it is evident that the short story writer demonstrates a proclivity for new narrative styles and techniques that contradict the conventions of previous experimental short story writing. His exposure to the works of international literary figures such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Haruki Murakami impacted his new techniques and styles. The influences of both authors in Roslan Jomel’s short stories is seen from the perspective of experimental fiction by Julie Armstrong