The essay examines the narrative techniques in the novel Delirio (2004) by the Columbian writer Laura Restrepo. Focus is set on the question of narrators. The narrators in this novel have a structuring function, and it is suggested that there is one of them in particular which links the main character's delirium with the context of the 'real world' in the novel. A narratological analysis is carried out based on categories by theorists like Gérard Genette and Yuri Lotman. A description of every narrator's characteristics such as reliability, speech style, knowledge and experience is made, followed by a comparison between them and a reflection about their function in the novel. Finally, among five narrators, two are pointed out as the most important, the one that connects the main characters psychological crisis with reality, and the one which sets the whole story together.

Hawthorne's metafiction, fabulation, and hermeneutical semiotics are investigated in the tales and in all the novels in chronological order, including his unfinished works.

The thesis has analytical - interpretative nature and focuses on paradigmatic dealing with body and bodiliness motive in the prose of Slovak author Leopold Lahola. The subject of analysis is Lahola's prose collection - Posledná vec (The Last Thing). The thesis also overlaps comparatively to broader Central European context. Texts of Arnošt Lustig (Czech Republic), Imre Kertész (Hungary) and Henryk Grynberg (Poland) are reflected. The subject of comparison is the motive of body and bodiliness, means of expression, narrative point of view, and the concept of fable and sujet. Key words: the category of body and bodiliness, narrative techniques, text composition

The objective of this exegesis is to show how linguistic and cultural hybridity create a unique prose style, and how my stories sit within that style. I will use Grace Paley and Lucia Berlin to demonstrate the distinctive narrative techniques. These include the use of sensuous details (instead of descriptions) to make place and character palpable; dialogue that convincingly evokes living speech; plots which emanate from the characters, rather than the other way round; and open-ended resolutions, as in real life. I will then show how I use these narrative techniques in my collection Happiness and other stories. The collection of stories is embargoed until 31 March 2012.

The objective of this exegesis is to show how linguistic and cultural hybridity create a unique prose style, and how my stories sit within that style. I will use Grace Paley and Lucia Berlin to demonstrate the distinctive narrative techniques. These include the use of sensuous details (instead of descriptions) to make place and character palpable; dialogue that convincingly evokes living speech; plots which emanate from the characters, rather than the other way round; and open-ended resolutions, as in real life. I will then show how I use these narrative techniques in my collection Happiness and other stories.

The objective of this exegesis is to show how linguistic and cultural hybridity create a unique prose style, and how my stories sit within that style. I will use Grace Paley and Lucia Berlin to demonstrate the distinctive narrative techniques. These include the use of sensuous details (instead of descriptions) to make place and character palpable; dialogue that convincingly evokes living speech; plots which emanate from the characters, rather than the other way round; and open-ended resolutions, as in real life. I will then show how I use these narrative techniques in my collection Happiness and other stories. The collection of stories is embargoed until 31 March 2012.

Στην παρούσα εργασία μελετώνται θεωρητικές προϋποθέσεις για τη χρήση αφηγηματολογικών όρων και μεθόδων στην ανάλυση και τη διδασκαλία της ανεπτυγμένης/ λογοτεχνικής αφήγησης και προτείνεται ένα πλαίσιο προσέγγισής τους ως τμήματος μιας ευρύτερης διαδικασίας κριτικής ανάγνωσης της λογοτεχνίας. Στο διδακτικό παράδειγμα που παρουσιάζουμε, επιχειρείται μια εφαρμογή της αφηγηματικής υπερδομής και των τεχνικών της αφήγησης στο Μικρό Πρίγκιπα του Εξυπερί με μια μέθοδο ανάλυσης του αφηγηματικού λόγου που αντλεί από τις αρχές της Αφηγηματολογίας και κυρίως από τη θεωρία του Αφηγηματικού Λόγου του Gerard Genette. Στο επίκεντρο της προσέγγισης είναι το αφηγηματικό κείμενο: δεν είναι το αφηγηματικό περιεχόμενο, η «αφηγημένη ιστορία», αλλά η αφηγηματική γραφή, η πράξη του αφηγείσθαι, με απώτερο στόχο την ανάδειξη του τρόπου που συγκεκριμένα αφηγηματικά περιεχόμενα και τεχνικές παράγουν σημασία. Πρόκειται για μια «εσωτερική» ανάλυση του αφηγηματικού κειμένου, όπου αυτό που ενδιαφέρει δεν είναι η ερμηνεία του αλλά η αποκάλυψη των συμβάσεων που καθιστούν δυνατό το νόημά του. / The subject of the study in the present project is the theoretical preconditions for the use of narrative terms and methods in the analysis and teaching of literary narration. Furthermore, a frame of approach as part of wider process of critical reading of literature is proposed. In the teaching example that we present, an attempt is made to apply the narrative hyper structure and the techniques of narration in Le Petit Prince of Exupery using a method of analysis of narrative discourse that mainly draws from the principles of Narratology and mainly from the theory of Narrative Discourse of Gerard Genette. The narrative text is at the epicentre of the approach: it is not the narrative content, but the narrative form of writing, the act of narrating (narration), the ultimate goal of which is to highlight the way specific narrative content and techniques produce meaning. It is an ‘internal’ analysis of narrative text, the interest of which does not lie in its interpretation but the revelation of conventions that make its meaning possible.

The objective of this paper is to examine narrative techniques used by the Swedish author Stig Claesson, especially his transformations of texts out of the own authorship into new stories. In order to achieve my objective, I will specifically study two novels; Rosine (1991) and Efter oss syndafloden (2002) and the method practiced will be intentional reading, as described by H. Porter Abbott. For the analysis I will, with the complementary support of Abbott and Beata Agrell, turn to Gerard Genette and his theories concerning transformation and transtextuality, in particular its sub idiom hypertextuality. As a result of my analysis, various subgroups of transformation used by Claesson are identified, but also proven is how Claesson, largely by utilizing two of them; transvocalisation and transvaluation, provides the reader with the implied author of his own choice. Moreover, my investigation demonstrates how Claesson when reusing narratives already told by himself, i.e. transforming hypotexts of his own into hypertexts, recycles characters;  reprocesses master as well as sub plots; alters trivial details; re-interprets events; switches from one narrative view to another, all well documented techniques described by Genette as elements of transformation.

<p>The objective of this paper is to examine narrative techniques used by the Swedish author Stig Claesson, especially his transformations of texts out of the own authorship into new stories. In order to achieve my objective, I will specifically study two novels; <em>Rosine</em> (1991) and <em>Efter oss syndafloden</em> (2002) and the method practiced will be intentional reading, as described by H. Porter Abbott. For the analysis I will, with the complementary support of Abbott and Beata Agrell, turn to Gerard Genette and his theories concerning transformation and transtextuality, in particular its sub idiom hypertextuality. As a result of my analysis, various subgroups of transformation used by Claesson are identified, but also proven is how Claesson, largely by utilizing two of them; transvocalisation and transvaluation, provides the reader with the implied author of his own choice. Moreover, my investigation demonstrates how Claesson when reusing narratives already told by himself, i.e. transforming hypotexts of his own into hypertexts, recycles characters;  reprocesses master as well as sub plots; alters trivial details; re-interprets events; switches from one narrative view to another, all well documented techniques described by Genette as elements of transformation.</p>

The nineteenth century was a time of rapid change, brought about by increasing industrial development and changing patterns of thought and belief. Dickens's attitude to industrialism was ambivalent. He was not averse to progress, but feared that the ills of society would remain overshadowed. This dissertation explores representations of loss in Bleak House and examines some of the challenges the subject presents. The first chapter concentrates on examples of the wide range of losses with which Dickens deals in the novel to create the cumulative impression of individuals and a nation existing in a state of chaos and decay. Chapter Two focuses on the loss of physical life and the state of death-in-life. Chapter Three deals with the narrative techniques which Dickens uses to represent loss in the novel. / English Studies / M.A.