Genette's Narrative Discourse and Focalization
제라르 제네트의 서사학: 초점화와 서사 담론
A definitive structuralist narratological methodology establishing precise categories for narrative time (order, duration, frequency), narrative mood (distance, focalization), and narrative voice.
| Field | Literature & Literary Theory |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Micro · Individual |
| Paradigm | Structuralism |
| Key figures | 👤 Gérard Genette (제라르 제네트) |
| Year | 1972 |
Key Claims
Gérard Genette provided the standard taxonomy of narrative theory in Narrative Discourse. He sharply separated ‘who speaks?’ (voice: homodiegetic, heterodiegetic) from ‘who sees?’ (mood: zero, internal, external focalization), alongside rigorous structural metrics for anachronies, speed (isochrony), and frequency.
Further Reading
- Genette, G. (1972). Figures III: Discours du récit. Éditions du Seuil. (English: Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method, 1980, Cornell University Press).
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