Missatge 14/20

Re: Analysis of the narratee

To:	Jose Angel Alabau Cabo <joaca@alumni.uv.es>
From:	Gerald Prince <gerry@BABEL.ling.upenn.edu>
Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 1999 19:03:57 EST

You have my permission.







> Hello, Mr Prince. Some time ago I sent you the following message:

>

>> >Hello, Mr Prince.  My name is José Ángel Alabau Cabo, and I am a student

>> >of Ënglish Philology at the University of Valencia (Spain).  I am

>> >writing a literaty essay on a literaty work focussing on the figure of

>> >the narratee acording to your characterization of it in your article "An

>> >introduction to the study of the narratee".  The motive of my addressing

>> >to you is asking you whether there is any web page where I can find

>> >information on the study of the narratee, or better, any example of a

>> >study or essay based on this figure in order to be able to use it as an

>> >example for my essay.  If you were so kind of sending this information I

>> >would be greatly thankfull. Anyway thank you very much for your

>> >attention.  I expect not having been much disturbing.

>

>You Kindly attended my request by means of this message:

>

>> Hello! I'm not sure the following will be very helpful. But there are a coup

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>> of books on the narratee in Proust (by Pascal Ifri and by Julie Solomon) and

>> quite a few articles on various texts (that the PMLA annual bibliography

>> probably mentions. I would check that bibliography from about 1975 to the

>> present).  There are also a number of pieces on the notion "narratee" itself

>> (by Piwowarczik, for instance).

>> 

>> Best wishes.

>

>Now I would like to ask you permission to include in my work the

>transcription of your article on the narratee as it appears in the book

>that I consulted.  In case you agree, I will only  use it as a reference to

>those who read my term paper, which will be published in: http://mural.uv.es/j

oaca

>Whatever your decision is, thank you for your attention.

>

>Best wishes.

José Ángel Alabau Cabo