Linguistic and Cognitive Characteristics of the Composition of the Text of J.K. Rowling's English Tales

Elena Solodova

Abstract


This article focuses on linguistic and cognitive characteristics inherent in the composition of the English postmodern tales written by J.K. Rowling. The composition of the text is viewed as linguistic and cognitive construal that integrates compositional plot structure, compositional meaning structure, linguistic and stylistic means of their actualization in the text. The content of the text is organized as a specific configuration of compositional plot blocks reflecting similar topics of textual situations. The coherence and cohesion of compositional plot blocks are provided by the compositional devices which perform text building and text forming functions. Compositional meaning structure is revealed via reconstruction of the conceptual metaphoric and metonymic schemas embodied in compositional plot blocks. The key meaning is represented by the megametaphor LIFE IS THE CHOICE OF A PATH, which in the text unfolds into a number of conceptual metaphors and metonymies. The peculiarities of representation of compositional plot structure and compositional meaning structure are explained through the analysis of corresponding linguistic and stylistic means and types of narration. 

Keywords: Composition, Linguo-cognitive construal, Compositional plot structure, Compositional meaning structure, Compositional plot blocks, Conceptual megametaphor


Full Text:

PDF

References


Аndrusyak, І. (2003). The English Neologisms of the End of XX Century As a Constituent of the Verbal Picture of the World. Кyiv: Prof Press.

Babenko, L.G. (2004). The Linguistic Analysis of the Artistic Text. Moscow: Flinta, Nauka.

Chernets, L. (1999). The Composition. In: Chernets L. (Ed.), The Introduction to the Literary Studies (pp. 115-133). Мoscow: High School Press.

Eremeeva, N.F. (1997). Conceptual Space of the English Folk Tales. Cherkassy: ChNU.

Freeman, M. (2000). Poetry and the Scope of Metaphor: Toward a Cognitive Theory of Literature. In: Barcelona, A (Ed.), Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads. A Cognitive Perspective (pp. 253-283). Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter Press.

Galperin, I. (1981). Тext As the Object of Linguistic Research. Мoscow: Science Press.

Gibbs, R., Jr. (1993). Process and Products in Making Sense of Tropes. In: Ortony, A. (Ed.), Metaphor and Thought (pp. 252-276). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Khalizev, V. (1999). The Plot. In: Chernets L. (Ed.), The Introduction to the Literary Studies (pp. 381-393). Мoscow: High School Press.

Lakoff, G. (1993). The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. In: Ortony, A. (Ed.), Metaphor and Thought (pp. 202-251). Cambridge: University Press.

Levitsky, А. (1998). The Functional Approaches to the Classification of the Units of the Contemporary English. Kyiv: ASA Press.

Lotman, Y.M. (1996). About Poets and Poetry. St. Petersburg: Art-SPB.

Nikonova, V. (2007). Тhe Tragic Picture of the World in the Poetics of Shakespeare. Dnepropetrovsk: DUEP Press.

Propp, V.Y. (1969). The Morphology of the Folk Tale. Moscow: Eastern Literature.

Rastorguyeva, G.V. (2005). In the Search of the Truth In the Message “About Another Person’s Intellectual Effort”: The Poetical Text. Tambov: TSU.

Stockwell, P. (2002). Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction. London, New York: Routledge Press.

Tomashevsky, B.V. (1959). The Verse and Language: The Philological Sketches. Moscow: Gosizdat.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Bookmark and Share


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

2010-2023 (CC-BY) Australian International Academic Centre PTY.LTD.

Advances in Language and Literary Studies

You may require to add the 'aiac.org.au' domain to your e-mail 'safe list’ If you do not receive e-mail in your 'inbox'. Otherwise, you may check your 'Spam mail' or 'junk mail' folders.