ANALYZING THE PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTERS IN CATHRINE MANSFIELD’S LITERARY NOVEL BLISS BY USING CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Abstract

In critical discourse analysis, the frequently of short stories are not appraised and scrutinized from both the literary and linguistic standpoints. This article endeavours at situating the critical discourse analysis as investigative approach from the linguistic viewpoint by considering the seven standards of textuality to the short story “Bliss” by Katherine Mansfield. In this article, the Short Story “Bliss” was scrutinized linguistically in appearance of critical discourse analysis by executing the theory of Seven Standard of Textuality. This theory includes; cohesion, coherence, intentionality, acceptability, informativity, situationality and intertextuality. The study was designed qualitatively and primary data was collected from the text of the story while secondary data was collected from various articles, journals, books and studies. Data was analysed in qualitative form. The analysis proved that there are numerous buried themes in the story, “Bertha’s pain is expressed by Mansfield’s use of un-played music as a symbol”, which can only be revealed by the linguistic analysis. Women sufferings, pain of isolation, unfaithfulness and dishonesty, modernism etc are themes which can be withdrawn by discourse analysis of the story.