THE PERSONAL-FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE R. J. PALACIO’S PROTAGONIST FROM THE NOVEL WONDER VIA ELENA SEMINO’S MIND STYLE
THE PERSONAL-FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE R. J. PALACIO’S PROTAGONIST FROM THE NOVEL WONDER VIA ELENA SEMINO’S MIND STYLE
Author(s): Alina Lucia GRAPINISubject(s): Novel, Historical Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Philology, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Auggie; linguistic and behavioural patterns; multi-perspectivism; figurative language;
Summary/Abstract: The cognitive significance of present article arises from Semino’s Mind Style, a valuable instrument for depicting “an impression of the characters’ world view” (qtd in Semino 2007: 166), from a linguistic and literary point of view. The cognitive approach to August Pullman, a sensitive boy with a facial deformity but with a golden soul and openness to accomplishing friendship, has been constructed from references to the linguistic and narrative devices employed by Palacio to depict the child’s world view in relation to his school life and his progress in establishing human relations.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 359-368
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English