Narratologi og tekstlingvistik

Resumé

Et gensyn mellem to slægtninge

Narratology and text linguistics

In this article I argue for the application of linguistic methods in the study of narratives and map out the difference between linguistic narratology with its focus on »how« narration is established and traditional narratology where the focus is centred on anthropomorphic subjects, i.e. the »who«. The main argument of the article is that by changing the focus from narrator to certain linguistic constructions, we open up an often overlooked level of meaning; a level of meaning which only emerges through so-called function words or in the compounding of the words. This is exemplified by readings of the short story »Der er ikke flere sennepsmarker i Danmark« (2002) by Helle Helle and Jan Sonnergaard’s »Blackout« (1997) among others.