THE FRENCH WAY OF EXAMINING SPEECH AND THOUGHT PRESENTATION IN AN ENGLISH AUTHORIAL-FIGURAL NARRATIVE "THE NEW SPAIN"

Authors : Ufuk Şahin

Pages : 216-228

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Publication Date : 2023-10-24

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This article aims to examine the short story "The New Spain” written by Irish novelist and journalist Colm Toíbín in light of the theory of \"split subject\" developed by two French linguists. Firstly, it offers an explanation for the concept of enunciation and the enunciation theory by throwing light on its origins, principles and main concepts. The second section of the study focuses on the theory of ‘split subject’, by referring to the study of reported discourse. The third section includes, firstly, the background information about the story and then presents the analyses of the quoted examples. The analysis of "The New Spain”, an authorial-figural narrative, has intimated that the story delivers many examples of Direct Speech (DS), Indirect Speech (IS), Indirect Thought (IT), Narrative Report of Speech (NRS), Narrative Report of Thought (NRT) and Free Indirect Thought (FIT). In all of them, Colm Toíbín is the speaking subject since he is the writer and the third-person narrator appears as the primary locutor. Besides, the locutor 2 is identified according to the narrator’s current position, for example, when it prefers to be covert in that section of the story. In addition, the internal focalizer Carme appears as a single enunciator in some examples while she is the enunciator 2 in others. However, when the narrator becomes overt in Example 3, only Carme’s mother assumes the role of enunciator. Thus, the present study, in the wake of Sophie Marnette and based on Toíbín\'s story, endeavours to demonstrate that the combination of or relevance between the French enunciation theory and the speech and thought presentation will provide readers, students and stylisticians with a helpful tool to understand and analyze fictional communication in a literary work.
Keywords : Ducrot, Maingueneau, The New Spain, Carme, Bölünmüş özne