Transitivity Analysis of Hamid’s Short Narrative A Beheading

Author(s) : Ifra Anam, Dr. Shahid Abbas, Hafiz Ahmad Bilal

Abstract:

The study investigates the transitivity patterns in the short narrative A Beheading (2010) by Mohsin Hamid to understand how language plays a role in the ideation of our world experience. This study aims to discover and illustrate how various processes and situations are represented in this interior monologue while also determining how frequently and what kinds of processes are employed in the text. The analysis shows that all six processes are employed in the narrative at varying frequencies. The most common uses of the material and mental processes are to provide the readers with a psychological impression of the protagonist's perplexity, panic, regret, hope, and dissonant banality, and to arouse empathy for the character. The circumstance of location is most often used to refer to the location of events among the four circumstances of manner, time, accompaniment, and location. This research follows Halliday (1985, 1994, 2004, 2014) and Eggins (2004) in classifying processes, participants and circumstances, which are employed to illustrate the characterization of the protagonist as a victim of brutality. The transitivity experiences of this character reveal and criticize the way influential political and religious personalities victimize journalists and writers.