Urzha A. V. The foreground and background in the narrative text: Narratology, linguistics, cognitive studies, translation studies. Moscow: FLINTA, 2022. 288 p.: Book review
Izotov Andrey Ivanovich
Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Pedagogical State University
Submitted: 06.06.2023
Abstract. The book under review offers a critical analysis of the existing Russian and foreign research on narratology devoted to the phenomenon of textual grounding, principles and means of forming the foreground and background in the narrative text, speech and compositional techniques for managing readers’ attention in original and translated narratives.
Key words and phrases: когнитивные исследования, перевод, перевод, нарратив, первый план и фон, cognitive studies, translation, narrative, foreground and background
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Urzha A. V. Pervyi plan i fon v povestvovatel'nom tekste: narratologiya, lingvistika, kognitivnye issledovaniya, perevodovedenie. M.: FLINTA, 2022.
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Wendan Li. Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse. Leiden – Boston: Rodopi, 2018.