A Study On Narrative "Punctum"

The concept of "punctum" originated from French literary theorist Roland Barthes’ exploration of theories related to photographic discourse,and has since been widely used to explore issues of gender,identity,religion,and power in pictorial texts.The concept of the "punctum" has been used in literary theory and has become a major issue in poetry criticism.Based on the existing studies,this paper attempts to further transfer the concept of "punctum" from the field of image to the examination of narrative texts,aiming at a more comprehensive exploration of the historical generation,characteristics and functions of narrative "punctum" criticism.And this paper tries to provide theoretical answers to the prominent phenomena that have emerged in the context of the current boom in cross-media narratives.This paper first discusses the historical inevitability of the emergence of narrative "punctum" criticism,arguing that the emergence of "punctum" criticism is a process of shifting from photography criticism to poetry criticism to narrative criticism,and that the shift of the research focus of literary theory toward the receptive side is the reason for the emergence of narrative "punctum" criticism.By its very nature,the narrative text’s "punctum" is localized,incongruous and subjective.Localization refers to the fact that the spatial field where the " punctum " exist is relatively small in the overall textual structure,but its artistic effect contradicts the general cognitive conclusion of the work,thus forming "incongruity".Subjectivity refers to the fact that the "punctum" not only often cause changes in cognitive conclusions,but also the selection and determination of the "punctum" themselves are dynamic and closely related to the reader’s personal factors.The narrative "punctum" are often found in character settings,plot arrangements and media struggles,and their critical functions have diverse characteristics: to stimulate readers’ strange and novel feelings;to realize the continuous value-added of the reading meaning of the text,so that the classic text is always new;in many cases,they can also directly promote the creation,so that the old and new works form a dialogue between both opposites.There is a shift from "spontaneous" to "conscious" narrative " punctum ",and people are increasingly conscious of producing and making various " punctum " in their narrative works.The real driving force behind this shift is the omnipotent capital.