Lizzie Stewart-Shaw (Mentor)
I am a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham, specializing in investigating the emotional experience of reading horror fiction using Text World Theory.
Location Nottingham
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Great point, Rosa. I would definitely say Michael Myers has portability -- he has become a horror icon and has appeared in books, games, TV shows, etc. outside of the original 'Halloween' franchise--not to mention the fact that he is a common Halloween costume! Pretty impressive for a character who never speaks. I also agree that there are various enactors of...
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Hola Mabel y Martha. Martha, tiene razón - enactor es como el concepto de papel, pero también tiene que ver con versiones de sí mismo a través del tiempo. Por ejemplo, cuando era niña (o ayer, o sí misma hace dos años, o en el futuro--lo que sea), usted es una versión distinta de sí misma, con conocimientos nuevos o diferentes. Lo mismo ocurre con los...
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Thanks for your question. Direct speech triggers a world-switch away from the text-world because it essentially requires you to align yourself with that enactor's point of view, as direct speech represents the actual words of that particular enactor/character. This often requires a shift from past tense in the text-world (she said...) to present tense in the...
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Glad that you found my explanation helpful. It definitely is a different way to consider the reading process.
In Text World Theory, and in Cognitive Poetics in general, discourse is meant to be any communication--written or spoken. It can be films, literary works, your shopping receipt, a spoken discussion, etc. When I said the discourse world is the 'real...
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Like Prof. Stockwell said, a number of different things cause world-switches. Speech and thought representation are just another trigger for world-switches.
Thought representation includes anything that suggests thought in the writing (e.g. FID, direct thought " think he still loves me", indirect thought 'She wondered if he still loved her',... -
Hi guys, so sorry for the late reply!
'It's been a busy busy week!', Lizzie said. How could she have been so silly as to forget to check FutureLearn! She really hoped everyone would forgive her for being late!
Carolyn, your examples of speech and thought are great! :) I'm glad everyone seems to have a better understanding of FID now. Carolyn, I'm glad...
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Boulomaic refers to a type of modality relating to desire. Some examples are the verbs 'want', 'wish', 'desire', 'hope', etc. Hope that helps!
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I agree with Mark--always ask questions! Your question wasn't awkward at all though. I hope my explanation helped a bit. I'd be happy to try to expand on any specific terminology if you'd like. :)
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It’s true that Free Indirect Discourse (FID) can be hard to identify. Often, FID can be identified by vocabulary choices that may suggest a specific enactor’s personality. FID can create a sense of a combination or replacement of the narrator’s voice with that of another enactor in the text. In text-world-theory terms, FID falls under the category of thought...
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Lizzie Stewart-Shaw (Mentor) made a comment
Hello everyone!
As you can see from the introduction, I am a researcher in cognitive poetics and approaches to ESL at the University of Nottingham. Like my colleagues, I am very excited to see such a diverse group of people taking this course! It should make for some very interesting discussions. I'm looking forward to some great conversations on love of...
