The narrative text in written fiction. Points of contact between linguistics and literature

Abstract

This paper examines the implications of a linguistic micro-analysis on the study of narrative texts. The corpus analysed is a short story written by the Argentinian writer Manuel Puig. First, some of the most outstanding formal and functional linguistic paradigms are revised, within the framework of Discourse Analysis trends, both as theory and method. On this basis, the analysis has focused on the following pivots: narrative procedures, organization of ideas –thematization and rhematization phenomena–, intertextuality, topical frameworks, and stylistic devices used in text construction. The ultimate objective is to establish the convergence of both perspectives in the study of literary texts, which will allow for the discovery of multiple semantic, pragmatic and discursive aspects. Likewise, the active role of the reader is highlighted, through the analysis of the linguistic traces that invite him to get involved, participate, reconstruct and co-construct the text.