The paper examines different degrees of the subjectivity speakers who act respectively as a narrator, character in story, and author narrative fictions. According to speaker’s four cases being on stage, off whether serving reference point cross-world identification, eight types construal configurations have been summarized. Findings show that speaker is characterized be maximally subjective whe...

The structuralist-inspired development of narrative theories in France from the late 1960s onward has spawned a whole host opportunities to explore way narratives function. This is precisely what Gerald Prince undertakes his Narratology: Form and Functioning Narrative, which he delineates mutual relationship between narrator narratee as two most important constituents any narrative. framework u...

In this paper, a lifelike talking head system is proposed. The talking head, which is driven by speaker independent speech recognition, requires only one single face image to synthesize lifelike facial expression. The proposed system uses speech recognition engines to get utterances and corresponding time stamps in the speech data. Associated facial expressions can be fetched from an expression...

Pyoderma gangrenosum is characterized by a chronic, non-infectious, destructive ulcer which is mostly seen on distal lower extremities, but it can be found anywhere on body. We report an 18-year old man who developed keloids after healing of his ulcers. He was a known case of chronic relapsing pyoderma gangrenosum. His previous ulcers were used to heal leaving atrophic, cigarette-paper sc...

Narrative skill in kindergarteners has been shown to be a reliable predictor of later reading comprehension and school achievement. However, we know little about how to scaffold children's narrative skill. Here we examine whether the quality of kindergarten children's narrative retellings depends on the kind of narrative elicitation they are given. We asked this question with respect to typical...

1 Samuel begins with the description of a man named Elkanah ("God is possessing"), whose home town was Ramathaim-Zophim.' A brief ancestral history is provided, which initially prompts the reader to expect that Elkanah will be the hero of the narrative. As the story line develops, however, Elkanah takes a supporting role. This secondary role begins with the introduction of Elkanah's two wives. ...

Previous critical readings of Toni Morrison’s novels, especially Paradise, largely emphasise the universal themes explored in her novels, namely, feminism, culture, psychology, and of course, her remarkable presentation of African-Americans in racial and cultural conflicts. Yet, there are major areas that remain unexplored in her works. One of the most conspicuous absences is Morrison’s dominan...

In his poem “Rabbi Ben (sic Ibn) Ezra,” Robert Browning acknowledges the multitude of physical and nonphysical determinants of life’s richness. His narrator sees these influences as interwoven and spanning the ages from youth through adulthood in timeless fashion. In this week’s issue of Circulation, Bouchardy and colleagues2 determine the prevalence of atrial (tachy)arrhythmias (AA) in adults ...

The shocking shipwreck discovery in “A Descent into the Maelström” elicits disparate responses from public. fisherman’s cohorts completely deny incredible occurrence to mollify their consternation. In contrast, fisherman witnesses sublime spectacle and chooses repeat story different audiences so that he might build a psychological mastery over paralyzing event. fact, differing attitudes piece t...