Lecture 10. Types of Narration

c) Argumentation

• Argumentation (also static) – presents
• the author’s or the character’s reasoning,
• arguments, offering causes & effects of the personage’s behavior,
• The personages’ or the author’s considerations about moral, ethical, ideological & other issues.

• What functional style do different types of narration belong to?
• What are the main types of the author’s narrative? Give examples of books containing different types of narration.
• What are the main subtypes of the characters speech?
• What are the markers of the inner and uttered represented speech?
• Name the main types of description
• Give the narrative scheme

Identify types of narration and compositional forms of the following excerpts:

• Holmes was certainly not a difficult man to live with. He was quiet in his ways & his habits were regular. … His eyes were sharp & piercing; & his thin hawk-like nose gave his whole expression an air of alertness & decision. (C. Doyle)
• The girl noted the change for what she deemed the better. He was so nice now, she thought, so white-skinned and clear-eyed and keen. (Th. Dreiser)
• The Mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash (H. Lee)
• Human life. Dignam. Ugh, that rat's tail wriggling! Five bob I gave. Corpus paradisum. Corncrake croaker: belly like a poisoned pup. Gone. Forgotten. I too. And one day she with. Leave her: get tired. Suffer then. Snivel. Big Spanishy eyes goggling at nothing. Her wavyavyeavyheavyeavyevyevy hair uncombe'd. (J.Joyce)