Article published In: Journal of Historical Pragmatics
Vol. 1:2 (2000) ► pp.231–262
Narrative Discourse Markers in Malory’s Morte D’Arthur
Published online: 30 August 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.1.2.05flu
https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.1.2.05flu
On the basis of the model of narrative structure proposed in Fludernik (1996b) this paper presents the results of an investigation of discourse markers in Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, with a complete line-by-line analysis of The Tale of King Arthur, Books I to III (“Merlin”; “Balin”; “Torre and Pellinor”), A Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake, and The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones (Book XIV: “Launcelot and Elaine”). The paper argues that the inflation of discourse markers in Malory is a sign of their imminent disappearance from narrative prose and that other features that indicate a dissolution of the oral narrative episode pattern are also visible in the text.
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