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Transitivity in fictional literature: An analysis of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Author(s):
- Björn Schlöndorff (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Subject(s):
- English language--Study and teaching, Functionalism (Linguistics), Linguistics, Literature
- Item Type:
- Thesis
- Institution:
- University of Bremen
- Tag(s):
- Cardiff Grammar, Systemic Functional Grammar, textual analysis, English language studies, Functional linguistics, Linguistics and literature
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/menb-hs36
- Abstract:
- This term paper concentrates on the functional aspects of language with a basic focus on transitivity in fictional literature. It contains an analysis of the famous tea party scene which is featured in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Based on Systemic Functional Grammar, a range of methods developed by Michael Halliday, the approach represents the ideational metafunction of language that deals with the question "who is doing what to whom, where and how?`" (Young, Fitzgerald 2006:17). Over the course of the script, the reader gets introduced to a set of process types and their corresponding participant roles (PRs) and learns how they are used by Carroll as construction patterns for the nonsensical elements of the story.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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