VOIX DE LA NARRATION EN STAND-UP COMEDY
THE NARRATIVE VOICE IN STAND-UP COMEDY
Author(s): Mălina GurguSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Philology, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: Narratology; fabula; narrative voices; embedded fabula; direct speech; indirect speech; free indirect speech; stand-up comedy; one-man show
Summary/Abstract: The development of the stand-up comedy genre in the latest 20 years has supposed an increased importance given to storytelling in order to obtain the comic effect. The purpose of the present article is to make an analysis of a one-man show by French humourist Jean-Marie Bigard according to the systems suggested by Gérard Genette and Mieke Bal. The study of narrative voices, of narrative levels and of relationships between the speakers and their story is aimed at pointing out the complexity of this type of creation both from the writing point of view and from its on-stage performance.
- Issue Year: V/2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 32-41
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French