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Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace

This paper is an attempt to bring up some typological aspects of the fictional works with the present tense narratives. By focusing on J.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace (2000), as an example of this type of narrative, Henri Bergson’s notion of time (Duration) is assumed as the temporal framework for the...

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Main Authors: Seyed Javad Habibi,, Sara Soleimani Karbalaei,
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Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012
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spelling my-ukm.journal.57682016-12-14T06:39:28Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5768/ Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace Seyed Javad Habibi, Sara Soleimani Karbalaei, This paper is an attempt to bring up some typological aspects of the fictional works with the present tense narratives. By focusing on J.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace (2000), as an example of this type of narrative, Henri Bergson’s notion of time (Duration) is assumed as the temporal framework for the novel. Besides, analysing the inadequacy of Henry James’ definition of plot in terms of the present tense narratives, a new type of framework referred as “pattern”is introduced and its relation with Bergson’s Duration and Kristeva’s intertextuality is highlighted. As a finale to this study, the dovetail joining of the stream-of-consciousness narrative technique and the present tense narrative is accented. Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5768/1/1427.pdf Seyed Javad Habibi, and Sara Soleimani Karbalaei, (2012) Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 18 (4). pp. 203-213. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ukm.my/ppbl/3L/3LHome.html
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description This paper is an attempt to bring up some typological aspects of the fictional works with the present tense narratives. By focusing on J.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace (2000), as an example of this type of narrative, Henri Bergson’s notion of time (Duration) is assumed as the temporal framework for the novel. Besides, analysing the inadequacy of Henry James’ definition of plot in terms of the present tense narratives, a new type of framework referred as “pattern”is introduced and its relation with Bergson’s Duration and Kristeva’s intertextuality is highlighted. As a finale to this study, the dovetail joining of the stream-of-consciousness narrative technique and the present tense narrative is accented.
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author Seyed Javad Habibi,
Sara Soleimani Karbalaei,
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Sara Soleimani Karbalaei,
Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace
author_facet Seyed Javad Habibi,
Sara Soleimani Karbalaei,
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title Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace
title_short Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace
title_full Always, already: present tense in J.M. Coetzee’s disgrace
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publisher Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM
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