Accessing narrative technique in the (the doll's house)‎ by katherine mansfield in terms of symour chatman's model : a stylistic-narrative study

Abstract EN

The current study is a stylistic-narrative study that provides investigation of the narrative techniques that are used in Katherine Mansfield's selected short story "The Doll's House".

The study attempts to signify the role of Chatman's model (1978) "Story and Discourse Narrative Structure in Fiction and Film" in analyzing narrative fiction to examine the narrative techniques that used by the writer in the story under analysis.

It includes qualitative and quantitative analyses to fulfill its aims, and verify its hypotheses.

The story is going to be divided into three phases according to the structure of the plot.

The beginning, the middle, and the end.

Following this process will help us to present the analysis in scientific, smooth, and logical way.

The researcher analyzes the story statement by statement to identify the stylistic tools, which reveal the style of the writer in dealing with the narrative techniques.