Functional characteristics of some processes of thematization and postponement in two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe
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Title: | Functional characteristics of some processes of thematization and postponement in two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe |
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Authors: | Martínez Lirola, María |
Research Group/s: | Análisis Crítico del Discurso Multimodal (ACDM) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa |
Keywords: | Systemic functional grammar | Anomalous syntactic structures | Poe, Edgar Allan | The Pit and the Pendulum | The Black Cat |
Knowledge Area: | Filología Inglesa |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | University of Zagreb. Cakovec Centre |
Citation: | MARTÍNEZ LIROLA, María. “Functional characteristics of some processes of thematization and postponement in two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe”. LiCuS. Journal of Literary Theory and Cultural Studies. Vol. 4, No. 6 (2009). ISSN 1846-1778, pp. 150-165 |
Abstract: | En este artículo vamos a analizar determinadas estructuras se sintaxis anómala en inglés (extraposición, oración existencial, oración semi-hendida, pasiva y oración hendida) siguiendo los principios de la Gramática Sistémica Funcional, escuela lingüística que nos ayudará a entender las relaciones entre lengua y cultura y lengua y situación. En lugar de haber elegido ejemplos independientes pertenecientes a un corpus automatizado, hemos decidido analizar estas estructuras en dos historias cortas escritas por Edgar Allan Poe: "The Pit and the Pendulum" y "The Black Cat". El análisis del corpus de ejemplos nos ha permitido comprobar que el uso de estas estructuras de sintaxis anómala pone de manifiesto un claro contraste con el orden normal de la oración en inglés ya que rompen claramente el orden SVO. De manera similar pondremos de manifiesto que estas estructuras sintácticas dotan de viveza y expresividad a las historias cortas que son objeto de estudio. El propósito principal de Allan Poe al usar una sintaxis marcada es provocar terror al explotar el misterio, la crueldad y una variedad de horrores. | In this article I am going to analyse certain anomalous syntactic structures in English (extraposition, existential sentences, pseudo-cleft sentences, passive voice and cleft sentences) following the theory of Systemic Functional Grammar, which will be helpful to understand the relationships between language and culture and language and situation. Instead of having chosen independent examples coming from a computational corpus, I have decided to analyse these structures in two short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe. With the analysis of the corpus of examples it will be proved that the use of these anomalous syntactic processes points out a clear contrast with the normal order of the English sentence, i.e. these syntactic processes clearly break SVO. In the same way, I will point out that these syntactic structures contribute to the vividness and expression of feelings in the short stories: "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Black Cat". The main aim of Allan Poe with the use of marked syntax is to evoke chilling terror by exploiting mystery, cruelty, and a variety of horrors. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/16228 |
ISSN: | 1846-1778 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Peer Review: | si |
Appears in Collections: | INV - ACDM - Artículos de Revistas Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones |
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