Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: This article focuses on the representation of the fictional characters’ thoughts in the novel by Stephen King, The Shining. The linguistic choices made by the author create the impression of an interior voice and, as a consequence, of an interior monologue but sometimes this voice, when looked into more closely, seems to be the by-product of a particular use of linguistic signs to represent mental elements that are not verbal. The formal presentation of these elements (linguistic techniques and punctuation, both in a certain context) is crucial to understand how language can be used and fashioned in certain ways in order to represent different mental phenomena.
Source: Etudes de stylistique anglaise
DOI: 10.4000/esa.4181
Author: Florence Floquet
Language: French
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2996473017