Telling_Stories

*Telling stories: Narrative use *in the language of fiction We can find narration in many literary discourses, like fiction, film, drama, music work, etc. In fictions, narrative is telling a story. And also, just like Ann Banfield said that: “Narrative style is thus the product of the interaction of grammar and writing.” ( Banfield, 2000) How does narrative tell a story' And how does narrative use in the language of fiction' I generally give discussions on third-person narration, metaphor and whole literary text in relating with novels and articles. In the frame work of a novel, author is telling a story actually. But sometimes reader is brought into a role play when they go though the plots. Commonly the authors use first-person narration and the third-person narration. Just as Ann Banfield demonstrated that: “A point of view is expressed, but, given its third person form, the logic of the communication hypothesis forces one to conclude that someone else tells it. This speaker is conveniently dubbed the “narrator,” bringing with him, as the logic of this position also requires, a second point of view.” (Banfield, 2000) This third-person narrative can easily bring readers to enter the minds of characters. For instance, in the novel “Sour sweet”, it is easy to find examples: “… but she knew she had loved him for that strange, quiet doggedness of his, his… Lily looked for the word which would …(Mo, 1999, p. 274) Narrator changes from the author to “Lily” and reader can feel the struggles of Lily’s inner heart and her deeply love. We can find examples in Mrs._ Dalloway_ as well, in the beginning of 3rd paragraph “What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her when, with a little squeak of hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Bourton into the open air. ……” (Woof, 2008) Before the first two sentences, there is not a statement expressing that the character is speaking. But these two exclamations are referred to Mrs. Dalloway, who is narrator shifting from third-person speaking. And even in the movie of Mrs._ Dalloway_, which is directed by Marleen Gorris, Eileen Atkins, the actress, opened the window and spoke the below sentences. As we said before, author tells the stories in the novel, and another representation of story-telling is narrative communication. “It indicates a process of transmission from the author as addresser to the reader as addressee.” (Lothe, 2005, p.11) Take Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen for instance, author narratives from Catherine’s point of view. Catherine is enthusiastic in Gothic novel. And she is indeed a kind-hearted, innocent girl and is lack of own judgment as well. So all the ridiculous things are seemed to be reasonable through Catherine’s mind. And that is the main support to developing the plots. And this narrative communication contributed a most reasonable explanation to readers and gave a space of irony happens. The basic point of view is expressed from Catherine, but also narrator shift from heroine to author in the novel to create a space within the story itself and between reality and novel. As a conclusion, narrative itself is not only writing style which list time and events, but also it exists in our lives in way of expressing different cultures. In the language of fictions, it plays the roles of characters, authors and implied authors. Take it on realities; narrative is a form of what we think in mind, and what we talk in conversations. Even more, we tell the stories of our own lives from the beginning to the end, from birth to death. Abbort claimed that: “Narrative is so much a part of the way we apprehend the world in time that it is virtually built in to the way we see.”(Abbort, 2009, p.6) “Narrative gives us this understanding; it gives us what could be called shapes of time. Accordingly, our narrative perception stands ready to be activated in order to give us a frame or context for even the most static and uneventful scenes.”(Abbort, 2009, p.10) Although we say that the fictions are not life itself but a reflection beyond our normal life, we get known about it through narrative and other rhetoric. And they help to set up a bridge across authors and readers. References: Abbort, H.Porter, (2009) The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press Banfield, Ann, (2000) From unspeakable Sentences: Narration and Representation in the language of Fiction. Theory of the novel, A Historical Approach, the Johns Hopkins University Press, p.515-536 Drabble, Margaret, (1978) The Ice Age. Penguin: Harmondworth Lothe, Jakob, (2005) Narrative in fiction and film, An Introduction. Oxford University press Mo,Timothy,(1999) Sour Sweet. BCM Paddleless London Woolf, Virginia, (2008) Mrs Dalloway. Random House Press