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Point of View in "The Star" by Alasdair Gray

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Sami Breem

POBox 108
English Department
Islamic University-Gaza
Palestine
sbreem@mail.iugaza.edu

ملخص: يهدف هذا البحث لدراسة وجهة نظر الشخصية الرئيسية في قصة "النجم" للكاتب ألاسدير جراي، حيث تؤكد الدراسة على أهمية التحليل اللغوي للنص بالإضافة للتحليل الأدبي وذلك باستخدام نظريات في مجال أسلوبية الخطاب كما جاء في (كارتر وسمبسون 1989). ولغرض التحليل اللغوي يستخدم البحث نموذج الأفعال المتعدية كما جاء في (بيري 1975). لزيادة معرفة القارئ بعالم شخصية "كاميرون" تم اتباع الخطوات التالية: (1) مقدمة لإعطاء بعض المعلومات عن النص والمقصود بوجهة النظر وأسلوبية الخطاب. (2) ملخص نموذج الأفعال المتعدية. (3) تحليل لوجهة نظر الشخصية الرئيسية: أ) تفسير وملاحظات تحليلية كما يراها كاتب البحث، ب) تحليل لغوي باستخدام نموذج الأفعال المتعدية لتأكيد ماورد في (أ). مناقشة النتائج وخاتمة البحث تؤكد على أهمية التحليل الأدبي مصحوباً بالتحليل اللغوي للحصول على فهم أفضل لشخصية "كاميرون" الذي استطاع أن يغير عالمه القاسي ويصبح أحد النجوم.

Abstract: This paper examines point of view in Alasdair Gray 's short story ‘The Star’ from a discourse stylistics perspective with the objective of raising the reader 's awareness of the main character 's world as manifested in the language of the text. The analysis emphasizes an integration of language and literature and draws upon theories developed in the general field of discourse stylistics (Carter and Simpson 1989). A modified transitivity model (Berry 1975) is used for the purposes of linguistic analysis. To understand Cameron 's world and for the purposes of this research, the following sections are considered: (1) an introduction includes definitions and background information ("The Star", point of view, discourse stylistics). (2) A summary of the transitivity model (Berry 1975). (3) An analysis of point of view in the story: (a) observations/intuitions about the text and (b) linguistic analysis/support using Berry 's transitivity model. (4) The discussion of results and the conclusion show



References: Berry, M. (1975) Introduction to Systemic Linguistics, Vol. 1, London: Batsford. Breem, S. (1999) Studying the Modern English Novel, (Unpublished) Ph.D. thesis, Nottingham: University of Nottingham. Burton, D. (1982) ‘Through Glass Darkly: Through Dark Glasses’, in Carter, R. (ed), Language and Literature, London: Routledge, pp. 194-214. Carter, R. (1982) Language and Literature, London: Routledge. Carter, R. and Simpson, P. (1989) Language, Discourse and Literature: An Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics, London: Routledge. Collie, J. and Slater, S. (1993) Short Stories for Creative Language Classrooms , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Halliday, M. A. K. (1970) ‘Language Structure and Language Function’, in Lyons, J. (ed) New Horizons in Stylistics, Harmondsworth: Penguin, pp.140-65. Halliday, M. A. K. (1971) ‘Linguistic Function and Literary Style: an Inquiry into the Language of William Golding’s The Inheritors’, in Chatman, S. (ed) Literary Style: a Symposium, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. (330-68). Halliday, M. A. K. (1973) Explorations in the Functions of Language, London: Edward Arnold. Halliday, M. A. K. (1978) Language as Social Semiotic, London: Edward Arnold. Halliday, M. A. K. (1985/1994) An Introduction to Functional Grammar, London: Edward Arnold. Kennedy, C. (1982) ‘Systemic Grammar and its Use in Literary Analysis’, in Carter, R. (ed) Language and Literature, London: Routledge.

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