Genettian Narrative Typology at Odds: Scrutiny of False Analepsis in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Subject Areas : Persian language and literature textsMiad Mahmoudizadeh 1 , Javad Yaghoobi Derabi 2 , Naimeh Tabatabai Lotfi 3
1 - Ph.D. student, Department of English Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of English Translation, Shahr-Quds Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: The History of Tom Jones, False analepsis, Narratology, The Age of Sensibly, Analepsis, Anachrony, Gérard Genette,
Abstract :
In the world of narratology today, Gérard Genette’s narrative typology is among the most annotated schemata and it is widely popular since his narrative theory seems to prevail over a great number of narratives in the whole history of literature, ranging from classic to modernist and postmodernist works. It is as if such works were following a prescribed scheme to expand and develop – which proves the universality of his narrative theory. Throughout this article, Genettian typology is discussed from a partially different perspective in one of the canonical British prose works in The Age of Sensibility. The dominance of Genettian typology in Tom Jones is undeniable as it shall be discussed how; however, a modification and manipulation of one of the anachronies – analepsis – and the introduction of a new type of analepsis – false analepsis – by Henry Fielding employed for the first time in the very period is the major focus of this article. In this study, false analepsis are justified by means of exemplification and multiple references to Tom Jones as the only case study of this article. Moreover, the impact of anachronies on this work is emphasized. Fielding’s work not only employs anachronies, but also introduces a new branch of anachronies, which is the very false analepsis as a form of anachrony.
مقالات
قربانی، فاطمه، غلامرضایی، محمد. (1396). بررسی ساختار زمان در خسرو و شیرین نظامی گنجوی بر اساس الگوی زمان و روایت ژنت. تفسیر و تحلیل متون زبان و ادبیات فارسی (دهخدا)، 9(33)، 153-196.
Books
Barry, P. (2009) Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Fielding, H. (1966) The History of Tom Jones, Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics.
Fludernik, M. (2009) An Introduction to Narratology, London and New York: Routledge.
Genette, G. (1983) Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, Ithaca: Cornell University Press. http://archive.org/details/NarrativeDiscourseAnEssayInMethod.
Puckett, K. (2016) Narrative Theory: A Critical Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139522502
Articles
Ahmadian, M., & Jorfi, L. (2015). A Narratological Study and Analysis of: The Concept of Time in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(3), 215–224.
Fox, C. (1994). Using Genette’s Categories of Narrative Discourse to analyse young children’s oral studies. Changing English, 1(1), 102–112. doi:10.1080/1358684940010108.
Frye, N. (1956). Towards Defining an Age of Sensibility. ELH, 23(2), 144–152. doi:10.2307/2871949.
Ghorbani, Fatemeh, Gholamrezaei, Mohammad. (2016). Examining the structure of time in Khosrow and Shirin Nizami Ganjavi based on the model of time and Genet's narration. interpretationand Analysis of Persian Language and Literature Texts (Dehkhoda), 9(33), 153-196.
Thesis
Fosu, J. C. (2018). The Narrative Structure Of John Milton’s Paradise Lost [Thesis, University of Ghana]. http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/23587.
Gholami, V. (2013). Conrad and Narrative Theory: A Narratological Reading of Selected Novels of Joseph Conrad. Royal Holloway: [Dissertation, University of London, 2013. Print.
Hacizade, G. (2008). Wuthering Heights by Brontë and a Hero of Our Time by Lermontov. [Thesis, Middle East Technical University]
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Barry, P. (2009) Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Fielding, H. (1966) The History of Tom Jones, Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics.
Fludernik, M. (2009) An Introduction to Narratology, London and New York: Routledge.
Genette, G. (1983) Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, Ithaca: Cornell University Press. http://archive.org/details/NarrativeDiscourseAnEssayInMethod.
Puckett, K. (2016) Narrative Theory: A Critical Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139522502.
Articles
Ahmadian, M., & Jorfi, L. (2015). A Narratological Study and Analysis of: The Concept of Time in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(3), 215–224.
Fox, C. (1994). Using Genette’s Categories of Narrative Discourse to analyse young children’s oral studies. Changing English, 1(1), 102–112. doi:10.1080/1358684940010108.
Frye, N. (1956). Towards Defining an Age of Sensibility. ELH, 23(2), 144–152. doi:10.2307/2871949.
Ghorbani, Fatemeh, Gholamrezaei, Mohammad. (2016). Examining the structure of time in Khosrow and Shirin Nizami Ganjavi based on the model of time and Genet's narration. interpretationand Analysis of Persian Language and Literature Texts (Dehkhoda), 9(33), 153-196.
Thesis
Fosu, J. C. (2018). The Narrative Structure Of John Milton’s Paradise Lost [Thesis, University of Ghana]. http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/23587.
Gholami, V. (2013). Conrad and Narrative Theory: A Narratological Reading of Selected Novels of Joseph Conrad. Royal Holloway: [Dissertation, University of London, 2013. Print.
Hacizade, G. (2008). Wuthering Heights by Brontë and a Hero of Our Time by Lermontov. [Thesis, Middle East Technical University]
