Livytska, Inna2022-02-112022-02-112021Livytska I. An exploration of discoursal identity: The rhetoric of narrative writing / Inna Livytska // XLinguae. - 2021. - Vol. 2. - P. 157-168. - http://doi.org/10.18355/XL.2021.14.02.122453-711X1337-8384http://doi.org/10.18355/XL.2021.14.02.12https://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/22654The paper aims at disclosing the process of writer identity enactive construal in narrative writing. Three constituent parts of identity discoursal construction in the narrative are social semiotics as a reflection of the social environment, cultural identity theory as the embodiment of cultural choices and preferences, and pragmatics (Charles S. Peirce). The following research questions have been formulated: (1) What is the nature of identity construction? (2) What rhetorical factors influence identity construal in narrative discourse? By providing a step-by-step analysis of thematic structure, the paper conducts a discourse analysis of narrative episodes in terms of Agent, Process, and Medium triad (Halliday, 1973), reflecting the mechanisms of reader’s manipulation with information as a dynamic semiotic process of interpretation, limited by a final interpretant.ennarrativesubjectivityworld disruptionindexsymbolpragmatic featuresarticleArticle