Analyzing Transitivity

Pakistani Brontë Research:

Analyzing Transitivity Processes in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre” and Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”: A Comparative Study
Sarwat. Samina, Tariq. Saba and Shahzad. Syed Khurram (2023)

Journal of Academic Research for Humanities, 3(1). 215-227

The current study aims to investigate Holliday’s theory of transitivity with a comparative analysis of the text of the two novels “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë and” Beloved” by Toni Morris. The study will focus on the identification and description of different processes and circumstances used in the text. For this study, the researcher will collect data from the said novels by applying the tools of observation and deep study. A checklist of all six processes will be made by the researcher as another research tool that has been used in the text, the processes all [mental process, behavioural process, material process, relational process, verbal process and existential process].In this study, the researcher found similarities and differences in the selected novels, “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë and “Beloved” by Toni Morrison through transitivity analysis processes with comparative analysis. The researcher adopted a Qualitative method research design for this study. The researcher herself collected the required data as the primary instrument. After this, the researcher analyzed data through table labelling. After analyzing the data the researcher found the result that the material process was dominant in Charlotte Brontë’s novel and the mental process was dominant in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. Other processes are also used in both novels but not frequently as mental and material