Deixis in Charles Williams’s Et in Sempiternum Pereant
Deixis in Charles Williams’s Et in Sempiternum Pereant
Author(s): Andrzej Sławomir KowalczykSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: the supernatural in fiction; cognitive poetics; Deictic Shift Theory; Charles Williams; Et in Sempiternum Pereant
Summary/Abstract: This paper applies the Deictic Shift Theory (DST) – as developed within the paradigm of cognitive poetics – to the analysis of Charles Williams’s short story, Et in Sempiternum Pereant. It is argued that by employing DST it is possible to account for the reader’s interpretations, which result from her/his “getting immersed” in and “moving” mentally through the story world, regardless of its “metaphysical” quality.
Journal: Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich
- Issue Year: 59/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 25-36
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English