Alternative Focus Defamiliarization Effect, And The Novel

Narrative focalization is an important aspect of narratology study, which surpasses the traditional definition of"point of view", and it shows the interactive relationship between observers and objects. On the basic of focaler's normal or not, focalization could be divided into normal focalization and abnormal focalization. The abnormal focalization is divided into abnormal human focalization and nonhuman focalization. The abnormal human focalization includes focalization of dwarf, fool, idiot, madman, mental patients, primitive, savage, dead, ghost and the nonhuman focalization refers to the focalization of animals, plants and non-living objects.It's difficult to set a clear boundary between the normal focalization and abnormal focalization. Therefore the differences of both of them is just relative. there is a changeable line between them in terms of judge standards and reference objects. Nevertheless, to the possible extent, it still has a great feasibility and necessity for us to identify the abnormal focalization according to the standard that could be accepted by society. There are a lot of excellent literature, such as The Sound and the Fury, madman's diary, and I am a Cat, successfully using abnormal focalization and making an incredible breakthrough in art technique. There are four main reasons for these writers to select abnormal focalization: first of all, to deconstruct and rebel the sacred and authority; secondly, due to the exploration and innovation of narrative skills; thirdly, to persue the paradoxical aesthetics of taking ugliness for beauty; last, for the political and cultural needs of"looking for mask"and"reincarnated".Abnormal eyes would make Strange view. There are more than one kinds of effect caused by abnormal focalization. However, the most important of them is defamiliarization. The premise of defamiliarization could be created is that abnormal focalization could make aesthetic distance between subjects and objects. Further, it also leads the aesthetic object became abnormal and peculiar. Through the abnormal eyes and abnormal lauguage, the authers could skillfully make use of distortion, exaggeration, minfy, make form difficulty, change appearance to make their work have a number of unique and strange artistic effect, such as paradox, irony, boast, ridiculous words, said to oneself and magic mirror, etc.The essence of producing defamiliarization by abnormal focalization is break reader's vision of expectation. Through breaking readers'vision of expectation, abnormal focalization novel achieved their literary value and aesthetic value and promoted the development of literature and art. At the same time, abnormal focalization is often used as tool and weapon by writers to attack the status of politic and criticize the disadvantages of culture, which greatly promote the progress of society and culture.