
Title
Who Is Speaking to Whom: The Communicative Discourse of Narrative Art
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Drawing on narrative and linguistic theories, Hogan employs “A Very Short Story” as a lens through which to understand his detailed and nuanced discussion of the various levels of narrative discourse. Hogan’s analysis accounts for the ways in which the narrator’s role in the story, along with the emotional and psychological states of the reader and author, shape the meaning of the work.
Published in
Narrative Discourse: Authors and Narrators in Literature, Film, and Art
Date
2013
Pages
21-63
Citation
Hogan, Patrick Colm. “Who Is Speaking to Whom: The Communicative Discourse of Narrative Art.” In Narrative Discourse: Authors and Narrators in Literature, Film, and Art, 21-63. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2013.