Article

Name: Motivations of Novel Pointe: A Narratological Approach

Authors: Alexander Е. Efimenko

Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Abstract:

The purpose of the article is to apply the narrative categorical apparatus to the analysis of the pointe novel. After describing the traits of pointe and analyzing pointe as a sign, an analysis of pointe motivations located at the level of narrative history, at the level of narration and of the level of the verbalization of narration is proposed. In the course of this analysis, it is shown that, probably, the motivation of pointe by a diegetic “sudden turn” is less frequent, and its motivation by the figure of the paralypse is more frequent, which in turn is introduced by different types of motivation: a rarer motivation of the narration type and a more frequent motivation of the verbalization of narration type.

Keywords: pointe, novella, pointe motivations, narrative, levels of narrative, narration, narrative story, types of episodes, figure of the paralypse, motivations of the paralypse, narrative form, internal focalization

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