EMOTIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF THE VERBALIZED SCENARIO SOLVING A MYSTERY (A STUDY OF MODERN ENGLISH FICTION)
Abstract
The article sets out to explore the role of emotions in the unfolding of the scenario SOLVING A MYSTERY on the basis of their verbal representations in the English fiction of the 20th – 21st centuries. Drawing on research in psychology, a definition of an emotion as a complex phenomenon is provided along with a review of its components (including the cognitive component, action readiness, feelings, physiological change, and motor expression). Manifestation of emotions can occur as expression and thematization, with the latter embracing naming the emotion, describing it or outlining the emotional antecedent and the situational circumstances. Verbal labelling of emotions varies in specificity, ranging from superordinate through basic to subordinate level terms. Description of an emotion can highlight one of its components, serving as a metonymic representation of the experience as a whole. Outlining the circumstances both reflects the state of a person and points to the element that has led to it. The analysis of the research data demonstrates the pervasiveness of affects throughout the unfolding of the scenario in question. Textual representations of emotions can highlight their role as a cause modifying the course of events, which is achieved by giving prominence to the action readiness aspect of the relevant emotion. This is typical of interest (whose effect consists in kindling the subject’s desire to embark on the search and persevere with it) and fear or anxiety, forcing the individual to terminate the investigation and concentrate on selfpreservation. In the portrayal of emotions as consequences (such as joy, pride, relief, and guilt) the appraisal component comes to the fore, as the state of affairs is judged with respect to the person’s goals and evaluated as (un)conducive to them. The overall impact of positive emotions is to increase cognitive resources and widen behavioural repertoires whereas negative affects inhibit the individual’s ability to act, thus blocking the unfolding of the scenario.
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