USE OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS IN CODAS
Keywords:
Codas is discoursal, J.Thurber’s fables, The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing, A bird in the hand.Abstract
In narratology, the coda is the final unit of a narrative, following resolution of an action (Wales [1989] 1995: 61). As a rule, the coda is a separate item structurally, designed as an additional section. It not only rounds off a stretch of text to a satisfactory conclusion, but also gives additional information. In this way, it offers an interest of its own.
References
Pus often occur in segments where the teller evaluates the events of the narrative, including codas (McCarthy and Carter [1994] 1995: 111). For use of Pus in summaries and evaluations, See Moon (1998: 298–304).
For a deeper insight into Thurber’s use of codas in fables, see Carnes (1991).
An anticlimax (or bathos) is a sudden lowering from a heightened tone for ironic effect, sometimes even reaching the absurd (Cuddon [1976] 1982: 42; Wales [1989] 1995: 39–40).
See Appendix VII for the full unhighlighted text of the fable The Hunter and the Elephant snd Thurber’s illustration. See Ch. 5.4 for analysis of the fable.
See the unhighlighted text of the fable The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing and Thurber’s illustration in Appendix VIII.
To get something right – to carry out a task, answer a question, solve a problem (Cowie, Mackin and McCaig [1993] 1994b: 219)
