1. Introduction

Emphasis was placed on the necessity of borrowing from narrative studies in stylistics, pointing out that narrative studies have made important contributions to understanding the perspectives, plot structures, and fictional worlds in novels, and exploring how to correctly borrow narrative studies to solve the new problems raised by Simpson, Leech U0026 Short, and Neary.

The new problems brought about by the disciplinary differentiation between stylistics and narratology in the 21st century

Explored the disciplinary differentiation between stylistics and narratology in the 21st century and the new problems it brings. Stylistics focuses on language and techniques in literature, while narratology focuses on the organization and arrangement of story structures. Although both focus on the point of view, there are differences and complementarity in their research subjects and methods. In the 21st century, stylists face three major problems when learning from narrative: 1) the ability to define perspectives due to conflicting definitions; 2) Unclear understanding of the foundation of the discipline leads to confusion and one sidedness; 3) When exploring the subjectivity and objectivity of perspectives, one is bound by tradition and tends to deviate from the direction. The article proposes to transform conflicts into complementarity, redefine perspectives, and maintain the foundation of stylistics while drawing on narratology, breaking free from traditional constraints and more accurately referencing narratology, in order to promote the healthy development of interdisciplinary research in stylistics.

3. How does stylistics define the Point of View when referencing narrative studies?

In depth exploration of the definition issues encountered by English stylistics when drawing on narrative studies to study the Point of View. Simpson provided a clear definition of the Point of View in his 1993 monograph, but its ability to define it seems to have weakened in 2004's "Stylistics" due to the influence of narratology. Stylistics focuses on the use of language choices by authors and narrators to express their positions and attitudes, particularly the use of value language and modality. Narratology, on the other hand, focuses on observing or perceiving the structural perspective of the story world, distinguishing between "who sees" and "who says", and tends to use "focus" to describe the structural observation perspective.

How to avoid confusion and learn from narrative lessons effectively?

It deeply analyzes how stylistics can avoid conceptual confusion and accurately absorb its essence when learning from narratology's research on Point of View. The Neary 2023 chapter in the Handbook of Stylistics (Second Edition) attempts to define a point of view, but there is a problem of confusion between the positions of stylistics and narratology. Neary takes "narrative perspective" as the starting point, but does not fully explain the distinction between "who tells" and "who sees", ignoring their different perspectives in first person retrospective narration, such as "narrative self" and "experiential self". In addition, Neary's definition fails to fully consider the possible separation between the narrator and observer in third person narration, as well as the similarity between this separation and first person narration. In order to draw deeper inspiration from narratology, the chapter proposes the need to distinguish between different situations in first person and third person narratives, and explore the relationship between the narrator and the observer, as well as the positions and attitudes that the narrator may express. This includes analyzing the perspective of the observer of the character, the implicit position of the narrator, and the narrator's role as the "observer".

How to grasp the relationship between narrative types and the subjectivity/objectivity of the Point of View when learning from narrative studies?

In depth exploration of how stylistics can correctly understand the relationship between narrative types and the subjectivity and objectivity of viewpoints when drawing on the study of Point of View in narratology. Traditionally, stylistics distinguishes between first person and third person narratives, believing that the third person is more objective and the first person is more subjective. However, Leech u0026 Short (2007) proposed in "On the Style of Fiction" that the objectivity of third person narration is not always related to the use of the character's perspective, but may stem from the narrator's failure to adopt the character's subjective perspective. By analyzing the prologue in Gardam's' Bilge Water ', they point out that the third person narrative appears objective without adopting the applicant's perspective, while the first person narrative is biased and displays subjectivity.

6. Conclusion

It emphasizes the complementarity between stylistics and narratology in analyzing literary works, and points out the problems that arise in the use of narrative studies to study Point of View in new century stylistics, such as unclear disciplinary boundaries and confusing research methods. In order to benefit from interdisciplinary research, it is necessary to break free from traditional constraints, comprehensively understand the differences and complementarity between the two disciplines, achieve balanced and comprehensive exploration, and promote the healthy development of research.