The effect of focalization on the reader in Margaret Atwood`s "Polarities"
Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: The following term paper examines the text "Polarities" of Margaret Atwood using different types of focalization according to Gérard Genette and Mieke Bal. The work is based on Genette and Bal's theories, since Genette originally developed and coined the term focalisation and Bal revised and changed it to a large extent. The first part of this thesis deals with the explanation of the three different focalization types according to Genette and the theory of Mieke Bal. The second part gives examples of text elements from the short story to show the different types of focalization according to Genette and Bal. In the third and last part a conclusion is presented, in which it is summarized, what the focalization types do with the reader and which advantages and disadvantages arise with the definition of the focalization types.
