A Study Of Narrative Voice In News Reporting

The paper introduces the theory of narrative voice to the study on the text of news, analyses the present forms and states of narrative voice in the text of news. It also analyses the mode and the means of news in constructing the authority of narrative voice.First, the paper defines the theory of narrative voice and points out the diplex meaning of narrative voice in the text and context. By analyzing the three types of narrative voice in the news, the paper put emphasis on exhibiting the connection of the parts of narrative text and narrative voice. According to the analysis of narrative mode, background of news, oration and resources of news, syntax and lexicon, the paper below opens out how the news constructs events by narrative voice and evaluates the value of narrative voice in the context. Lastly, the paper probes into the regulation of different narrative voices by choosing different narrative perspective.