Linguistic study of methods of representation of speech and thought in selected Modern Greek literary texts
This thesis attempts a systematic analysis of the stylistic devices used in Modern Greek fictional writing for the representation of a character's speech and thought. It specifically focuses on the study of those techniques in which the narrator's overtness is kept to a minimum, i.e. Free Indirect Discourse, also known as ~style indirect libre~, and Quoted Monologue. The present study consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 discusses areas of narrative structure of which many contradictory accounts are offered, and critics' attempts to define modes of consciousness. It also briefly outlines the Modern Greek tense system as a basis for the subsequent analysis of Modern Greek fictional devices. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 are the analytical chapters where speech and thought presentation techniques, ranging from the more diegetic to the more mimetic, are investigated. In the analysis speech and thought presentation modes are treated separately not only for reasons of clarity but because their effects are different. My examples are taken from selected nineteenth and twentieth century Modern Greek literary texts. The passages are given in the original Greek but a translation in English is also included. Chapter 2 deals with
Karagevrekis, Mersini
Linguistics
Linguistic study of methods of representation of speech and thought in selected Modern Greek literary texts. This thesis attempts a systematic analysis of the stylistic devices used in Modern Greek fictional writing for the representation of a character's speech and thought. It specifically focuses on the study of those techniques in which the narrator's overtness is kept to a minimum, i.e. Free Indirect Discourse, also known as ~style indirect libre~, and Quoted Monologue. The present study consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 discusses areas of narrative structure of which many contradictory accounts are offered, and critics' attempts to define modes of consciousness. It also briefly outlines the Modern Greek tense system as a basis for the subsequent analysis of Modern Greek fictional devices. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 are the analytical chapters where speech and thought presentation techniques, ranging from the more diegetic to the more mimetic, are investigated. In the analysis speech and thought presentation modes are treated separately not only for reasons of clarity but because their effects are different. My examples are taken from selected nineteenth and twentieth century Modern Greek literary texts. The passages are given in the original Greek but a translation in English is also included. Chapter 2 deals with
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