A study of focalization in Woolf's :
Joint Authors
Khalifah, Jasim
al-Thamri, Adil
Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 49 (30 Jun. 2009), pp.15-24, 10 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Arts
Publication Date
2009-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This study is primarily concerned with applying Gamete’s narratological framework of focalization to the study of Virginia Woolf's Mrs.
Dalloway.
It aims to pursue an approach for insights about the working of narrative by looking into indicators of subjectivity.
The study falls into two parts.
The first part deals with theoretical considerations concerning the genesis of the term and typology.
As far as genesis of the term is concerned, there is number of labels suggested by well-known scholars as equivalent to focalization.
Genette uses focalization to avoid the visual connotations of Brook's 'focus of narration', Stanzel`s' narrative situation', Pouillon`s 'vision', and Todorov`s ' aspect'.
As far as typology is concerned, there are two main types of focalization, namely internal and external focalization.
Internal focalization, in turn, is divided into three sub-types (fixed, variable and multiple).
The second part applies Gamete’s focalization to Woolf's Mrs.
Dalloway.
As a modernist novel, Mrs.
Dalloway reflects the heavy use of focalization.
Although this novel is written with the third person narration, in so many instances point of view differs and a number of focalizers operate.
The reader is invited to enter the story and experience it without frequent interruptions from external narration.
This is very obvious in the adopting of variable internal focalization.
Every character is given a significant voice, which produces the sense that people experience realities differently, have unique ways of making sense of it and different ways of seeing it.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Thamri, Adil& Khalifah, Jasim. 2009. A study of focalization in Woolf's :. Adab al-Basrah،Vol. 2009, no. 49, pp.15-24.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Thamri, Adil& Khalifah, Jasim. A study of focalization in Woolf's :. Adab al-Basrah No. 49 (2009), pp.15-24.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Thamri, Adil& Khalifah, Jasim. A study of focalization in Woolf's :. Adab al-Basrah. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 49, pp.15-24.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 24
Record ID
BIM-327053