«Образ Слушателя и его функции в дилогии Кэтрин М. Валенте «Сказки сироты»

Макарова Елена Леонидовна

Аннотация


В выпускной квалификационной работе рассматривается образ слушателя в произведении Кэтрин М. Валенте «Сказки сироты». Анализируются персонажи-слушатели вставных историй. В работе рассматривается происхождение структуры «рассказа-в-рассказе» и ее значимость для сюжетно-композиционной организации романа. Внутренняя семантика образа слушателя соотносит и отождествляет его (ее) с рассказчиком и самим рассказом. В ходе исследования раскрываются три функции слушателя: активное выслушивание, передача и сочинительство. Выявленные функции соотносятся с ролью и значением слушателя в нарративах травмы. Выслушивание оказывается процессом, переходящим в рассказывание как процесс самоидентификации личности. Активное выслушивание становится для героев залогом их самореализации, способности к ответственному отношению к собственной судьбе.


The image of Listener in “The Orphan’s Tales” by Catherynne M. Valente is investigated in this research. The characters that are the listeners of the embedded stories are under consideration. The author pays attention to the origin of a “story within a story” and its manifestation in the novel. The inner mythological semantics of Listener makes him / her equal to the narrated stories and the narrator as well. The research work shows that the Listener possesses and reveals three functions: active listening, transferring and personal composing. The functions in question can be correlated to the trauma narratives. Listening seems to be a process being transformed into composing as a process of self-identification. Listener / Reader becomes the most active narrator / composer thus revealing his or her ability to make his or her own decisions, to take on the personal responsibility for the destiny.
The image of Listener in “The Orphan’s Tales” by Catherynne M. Valente is investigated in this research. The characters that are the listeners of the embedded stories are under consideration. The author pays attention to the origin of a “story within a story” and its manifestation in the novel. The inner mythological semantics of Listener makes him / her equal to the narrated stories and the narrator as well. The research work shows that the Listener possesses and reveals three functions: active listening, transferring and personal composing. The functions in question can be correlated to the trauma narratives. Listening seems to be a process being transformed into composing as a process of self-identification. Listener / Reader becomes the most active narrator / composer thus revealing his or her ability to make his or her own decisions, to take on the personal responsibility for the destiny.