Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own
Based on Suzanne Keen’s theory of narrative empathy, this article shows a variety of narrative techniques employed by the famous eighteenth century English woman writer, Eliza Haywood, in the amatory novel of intrigue “Idalia, Or, The Unfortunate Mistress” (1723) to evoke the reader’s empathy. The...
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| description | Based on Suzanne Keen’s theory of narrative empathy, this article shows a variety of narrative techniques
employed by the famous eighteenth century English woman writer, Eliza Haywood, in the amatory novel of
intrigue “Idalia, Or, The Unfortunate Mistress” (1723) to evoke the reader’s empathy. They include character
identification, an excessive conflict paradigm, narrative voice, focalization as well as the narrator’s intrusion,
known in narratology as metallepsis. The narrative analysis leads to the conclusion that from the addresseeorientated
perspective the author creates an ambassadorial emphatic discourse that enables her to
communicate thoughts to other members of the women’s community with a view to involving them in the
experience of the main character who is vulnerable to sexual desire and betrayal. By doing so, Haywood
pursues the goals of not only exercising women readers in “fellow- feeling” but acquiring knowledge about
themselves through empathizing, and influencing attitudes to a woman’s limited role in society as well. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:128722019-05-09T11:04:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12872/ Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own Lutsenko, Lyudmyla Based on Suzanne Keen’s theory of narrative empathy, this article shows a variety of narrative techniques employed by the famous eighteenth century English woman writer, Eliza Haywood, in the amatory novel of intrigue “Idalia, Or, The Unfortunate Mistress” (1723) to evoke the reader’s empathy. They include character identification, an excessive conflict paradigm, narrative voice, focalization as well as the narrator’s intrusion, known in narratology as metallepsis. The narrative analysis leads to the conclusion that from the addresseeorientated perspective the author creates an ambassadorial emphatic discourse that enables her to communicate thoughts to other members of the women’s community with a view to involving them in the experience of the main character who is vulnerable to sexual desire and betrayal. By doing so, Haywood pursues the goals of not only exercising women readers in “fellow- feeling” but acquiring knowledge about themselves through empathizing, and influencing attitudes to a woman’s limited role in society as well. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12872/1/21082-71738-2-PB.pdf Lutsenko, Lyudmyla (2018) Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 24 (1). pp. 29-39. ISSN 0128-5157 http://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1076 |
| spellingShingle | Lutsenko, Lyudmyla Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title | Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title_full | Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title_fullStr | Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title_short | Eliza Haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
| title_sort | eliza haywood’s empathy: creating a narrative discourse of her own |
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