Temporal Framing in the Conte: From Theoretical Debate to Oral Story Performance

This article explores ‘temporal framing’ in the oral conte. The starting point is a recent theoretical debate around the temporal structure of narrative discourse which has highlighted a fundamental tension between the approaches of two of the most influential current theoretical models, one of which is ‘framing theory’. The specific issue concerns the role of temporal adverbials appearing at the head of the clause (e.g. dates, relative temporal adverbials such as le lendemain) versus that of temporal ‘connectives’ such as puis, ensuite, etc. Through an analysis of a corpus of contes performed at the Conservatoire contemporain de Littérature Orale, I shall explore temporal framing in the light of this theoretical debate, and shall argue that, as with other types of narrative discourse, framing is primarily a structural rather than a temporal device in oral narrative. In a final section, I shall further argue, using Kintsch’s construction-integration model of narrative processing, that framing is fundamental to the cognitive processes involved in oral story performance.

‘”Like an Old Cathedral City”: Belfast Welcomes Queen Victoria, August 1849’,

Belfast, with its history of communal violence, is normally seen as lying outside the mainstream of nineteenth-century British urban development. The visit of Queen Victoria in 1849 suggests a more complex, less linear picture. What emerges is an urban identity in transition, in which aspirations to conform to an ideal of civic harmony temporarily overrode acute sectarian and political divisions, where pride in recent economic achievement sat uneasily alongside an awareness of the town’s newcomer status, and where an emerging sense of regional difference competed with a continuing assumption of Irish identity.

La femme, le conte de fées , la 1er. République au Portugal : Ana de Castro Osório

Ana de Castro Osório, ao escrever Uma Lição da História (1909), traduz os saber, sentir e fazer literários segundo a sensibilidade feminina, à luz da vontade de consolidar a consciência nacional (sobremodo da mulher portuguesa nascida aristocrata ou burguesa). Ao analisar a narrativa, reflecte-se no presente artigo, sobre a alegoria como estratégia literária mais adequada para promover pela instrução nacional a implantação da república - objectivo tão imperioso quanto o momento económico e político, carente de acção reformadora, assim o exigia, sem dispensar quer a aristocracia, quer a burguesia

Cabinet choisi ou catalogue d'une collection de livres fort curieuse en toutes sortes de facultés & langues. Dont la vente se fera à l'amiable lundi 21 mars 1768 & jours suivans depuis huit heures du matin jusqu'au soir. Les prix seront marqués sur chaque livre

[Catalogue de libraire. Paris. Davidts, Rombault. 1768]

La Giovinezza del conte di Cavour, saggi storici secondo lettere e documenti inediti.... Partie 2 / Francesco Ruffini,...

Collection : Biblioteca di storia contemporanea ; 5-6