Nostalgic memories. Perspective and perspectival changes in text and film of "A Child's Christmas in Wales"
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Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,5, University of Stuttgart, course: Cultural Seminar, language: English, abstract: "Christmas... that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance, a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."This quote by Augusta E. Rundel illustrates so well the innermost feelings of the...
Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,5, University of Stuttgart, course: Cultural Seminar, language: English, abstract: "Christmas... that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance, a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved."This quote by Augusta E. Rundel illustrates so well the innermost feelings of the speaker inDylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, who reminisces about the most beautiful time ofthe year he passed with family and friends. However, he does not just recount facts in anemotionally detached way; and it is the aim of this term paper to analyze the confounding ofthe adult and the child speaker, that is, the former being entirely plunged in his memoriessurrounding him "like a fragrance", he seems to actually be the child he was, reliving somescenes again.First of all, after having given some information about the text version of Thomas' work, I willintroduce Gérard Genette's theory of narratology, and mainly focus on the distinction betweennarration and focalization. This subtle difference, as well as other terminology referring to thequestion of perspective, is very enriching, as it permits to localize the narrator's point of viewand involvement, to understand the story's organization, and eventually, to reflect on the howand why of the blurring of boundaries between the adult speaker of the here and now (at themoment of speaking), and the child speaker experiencing the events. I will argue that thosetwo are intertwined, with several gradations more or less explicit in text and film.Next, the way of narrating, the style, and linguistic issues will be examined, in order toattribute certain expressions or sentence structures either rather to the adult, or to the child. Ofcourse it is not always possible to draw a clear-cut line, but nevertheless, there are passageswhich I believe to be revealing when arguing in favor of a perspective. It is crucial not toforget that the latter does not stay static, but that we can detect shifts of position throughout thestory. This gives reason to dwell on some scenes in further detail.The second part of my work will deal with the film A Child's Christmas in Wales. As above, Iwill begin with some general remarks; then I would like to investigate the impact of thecamera position because a stage director, by means of making different choices concerningdistance, or angle of vision, can influence the spe.
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