The Collective Monologue——Studies of the Transitivity in The Dark, the Light by Helen Garner

The short story The Dark, the Light written by Australian writer, Helen Garner, is found to be a literary discourse with many potential meanings thoroughly and subtly realized by means of the multi-functions of discourse such as the transitivity of verbs, which is a major focus of this study. The studies is carried out with an effort, and also a purpose, to integrate literary critical theories and discourse analysis so that both approaches will prove and support each other for a more comprehensive and objective understanding of literary works.