THE INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD IN KATHRYN ERSKINE’S MOCKINGBIRD VIA ELENA SEMINO’S COGNITIVE APPROACH
THE INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD IN KATHRYN ERSKINE’S MOCKINGBIRD VIA ELENA SEMINO’S COGNITIVE APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: Kathryn Erskine’s Mockingbird has been interdisciplinary approached via Fowler’s term “mind style” with the intention to capture “an impression of the protagonist’s world view” (qtd. In Semino 2007: 166). According to the mind style concept, Mockingbird reveals an internal representation of the world in which, Caitlin, the main character, lives, including the presentations of the others characters’ minds and, of course, the workings of her mind. Caitlin’s “world view” has the advantage of offering a representation of the world within her mind: "The gray of outside is inside. Inside the living room. Inside the chest. Inside me” (M 2). It is a combination between Caitlin’s mental and emotional representations, including feelings, emotions, values, attitudes and believes.

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