PERSPECTIVES IN FICTION. CHARACTER-SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE SENTENCES
PERSPECTIVES DANS LA FICTION. PROPOSITIONS PERSONNAGE-SUBJECTIVES ET PROPOSITIONS OBJECTIVES
PERSPECTIVE ÎN FICŢIUNE. PROPOZIŢII PERSONAJ-SUBIECTIVE ŞI PROPOZIŢII OBIECTIVE
Adina-Maria MEZEI
Universitatea “Babeş-Bolyai”,
Cluj-Napoca, România
adinamezei@yahoo.com
Abstract
Our purpose in the present article is to define and exemplify objective and (CHARACTER) subjective sentences occurring in narrative fiction. These two categories find their roots in the poetic school of thought, which starts from the premise that a narrator viewed as SPEAKER is not necessarily at the origin of all textual instances. Our approach encompasses the idea that perspectives in fiction are either objective – if their purpose is to actually constitute the world of fiction, or subjective – if they are part of a character’s personal world representation. We mainly focus on free indirect discourse for illustrating CHARACTER-subjective sentences, while presenting some objective sentences, as well, for a contrasting view.
Résumé
Le but de notre article est de spécifier et d’exemplifier des propositions objectives et PERSONNAGE-subjectives spécifiques à la fiction narrative. Ces deux catégories trouvent leur origine dans l’école de pensée poétique, qui a comme prémisse l’idée qu’un narrateur en tant que SUJET PARLANT n’est pas à postuler à l’origine du récit tout entier. Notre approche comprend l’idée que les perspectives narratives sont soit objectives – si leur finalité est de créer l’univers de la fiction, soit subjectives – si elles font partie de la représentation du monde d’un personnage. Notre analyse porte sur le discours indirect libre (des propositions PERSONNAGE-subjectives) et sur des propositions objectives pour offrir une perspective contrastée du sujet.
Rezumat
Scopul nostru în acest articol este definirea şi exemplificarea propoziţiilor obiective şi PERSONAJ-subiective specifice ficţiunii narative. Aceste două categorii îşi găsesc originea în şcoala de gândire poetică, care porneşte de la premisa că naratorul ca LOCUTOR nu trebuie postulat la originea tuturor enunţurilor textuale. Abordarea noastră cuprinde ideea că perspectivele ficţionale sunt fie obiective – dacă scopul lor este de a constitui lumea ficţiunii, fie subiective – dacă fac parte din reprezentarea lumii din perspectiva unui personaj. Analiza noastră se opreşte asupra discursului indirect liber pentru a ilustra propoziţiile PERSONAJ-subiective, prezentând totodată propoziţii obiective pentru o viziune contrastantă asupra subiectului.