Language/Literature paper by Lábadi, Zsombor
Discursive Events and Conversational Shifts in Gyula Krúdy's Narratives (Accepted)
Type of Abstract (select):Abstract (max. 250 words):
The current paper considers the special meaning of micro-events in serial narratives of Gyula Krúdy. It reflects on this topic which is highlighted in this context because of the transitions from agents' activity to the conversational level. The importance of living speech and its tonal and thematic shifts are of special interest in this paper. As an essential part of the narration, small discursive events can not be properly understood in abstract means but principally in particular terms because characters who are involved in the events and social norms that regulate their behavior have special relevance. There are a large number of narratological patterns, ethical and emotional ideas and attitudes generating tension as a driving force of small discursive events. Using cognitive as well as rhetorical tools this paper aims to discover the overall effect of this phenomenon on readers’ understanding of these narrative micro-events.
Brief Professional Bio (max. 100 words):
Zsombor Lábadi is professor of Department of Hungarian Language and Literature at J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek. He is author of two monographs, A lebegés iróniája. Sziveri szinopszis (2008) and Irodalom, beszéd, szöveg (2011). He can be reached at zlabadi@ffos.hr.