Linguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg E

lingual and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at car horn creek BridgeThe commentators bewilderment at the end of Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is less a result of Peyton Farquhars death than the seasonably coordination of this mans violent execution with the readers sudden realization that instead of a detach objective reading he has been cajoled into a subjective get (Ames 53). The reader is subject to cross over into the consciousness of the protagonist at the moment when experience ends because of the storys cohesion and coherence. A focused examination of specific passages and themes in each of the storys sections demonstrates how Bierce satisfies the expectations of the reader and provides a reasonable subjective experience through known-new contracts of sentence social structure and narrative flair. Martha Kolln points out that the study of cohesion concerns the connection of sentences to one another, to the flow of a text, to the slipway in w hich a paragraph of separate sentences becomes a unified hearty (19). The known-new sequence is a rhetorical technique to provide cohesion between sentences, paragraphs, and nevertheless ideas. Specifically, it is a contract in which old, or known, information . . . will come out in the subject slot, with the new information in the predicate (236). Narrative style can also be validated by the preceding outline network. Each section is defined by its predecessor. Bireces story is divided into three sections the offset printing describes the final preparations for the military execution of a civilian prisoner, the second flashes keep going to the incident that led up to his capture, and the third recounts the sensations, thoughts, and feelings of the condemned man as he drea... ...e explanation and Its Writer Resources for Teaching. 4th Ed. capital of Massachusetts St. Martins, 1995. Cheatham, George. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 431 (Fall 1984) 45-47. Conlogue, William. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 481 (Fall 1989) 37-38. Kolln, Martha. Rhetorical Grammar Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 2nd Ed. Boston Allyn and Bacon, 1996. Linkin, Harriet Kramer. Narrative Technique in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. diary of Narrative Technique 182 (Spring 1988) 137-52. Stoicheff, Peter. Something Uncanny The Dream Structure in Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Studies in Short Fiction 303 (Summer 1993) 349-58. Williams, Joseph M. Style Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace. 4th Ed. NY HarperCollins, 1994. Linguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridg ELinguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeThe readers bewilderment at the end of Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is less a result of Peyton Farquhars death than the timely coordination of this mans violent execution with the readers sudden realization that instead of a detached objective reading he has been cajoled into a subjective experience (Ames 53). The reader is able to cross over into the consciousness of the protagonist at the moment when experience ends because of the storys cohesion and coherence. A focused examination of specific passages and themes in each of the storys sections demonstrates how Bierce satisfies the expectations of the reader and provides a reasonable subjective experience through known-new contracts of sentence structure and narrative style. Martha Kolln points out that the study of cohesion concerns the connection of sentences to one another, to the flow of a text, to the ways in which a paragraph of separate sentences becomes a unified whole (19). The known-new sequence is a rhetorical technique to provide cohesion between sentences, paragraphs, and even ideas. Specifically, it is a contract in which old, or known, information . . . will appear in the subject slot, with the new information in the predicate (236). Narrative style can also be validated by the preceding schema network. Each section is defined by its predecessor. Bireces story is divided into three sections the first describes the final preparations for the military execution of a civilian prisoner, the second flashes back to the incident that led up to his capture, and the third recounts the sensations, thoughts, and feelings of the condemned man as he drea... ...e Story and Its Writer Resources for Teaching. 4th Ed. Boston St. Martins, 1995. Cheatham, George. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 431 (Fall 1984) 45-47. Conlogue, William. Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Explicator, Washington, DC 481 (Fall 1989) 37-38. Kolln, Martha. Rhetorical Grammar Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects. 2nd Ed. Boston Allyn and Bacon, 1996. Linkin, Harriet Kramer. Narrative Technique in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Journal of Narrative Techn ique 182 (Spring 1988) 137-52. Stoicheff, Peter. Something Uncanny The Dream Structure in Ambrose Bierces An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Studies in Short Fiction 303 (Summer 1993) 349-58. Williams, Joseph M. Style Ten Lessons in Clarity & Grace. 4th Ed. NY HarperCollins, 1994.