Turning points and transformations : essays on language, literature and culture /

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From the Irish Cailleach and other shape-shifters of folk legends to modern movie "transformers;" from Ovid's Metamorphoses to the moment when Gregor Samsa woke up one morning to find himself transformed into an insect in Kafka's novella; from conversion narratives to slave narra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: DeVine, Christine, 1947-, Hendry, Marie, Anderson, Amanda, Page, J. (Jennifer), Roy, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
Temas:
Process philosophy.
Linguistic change.
Change in literature.
Social change.
Philosophie du devenir.
Changement linguistique.
Changement (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
process philosophy.
Educational: English language & literacy.
Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes.
Educational: English literature.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
Change in literature
Linguistic change
Process philosophy
Social change
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From the Irish Cailleach and other shape-shifters of folk legends to modern movie "transformers;" from Ovid's Metamorphoses to the moment when Gregor Samsa woke up one morning to find himself transformed into an insect in Kafka's novella; from conversion narratives to slave narratives, turning points and transformations have always been central to literary works and to cultural developments. In fact, with Freytag's pyramid in mind, one could claim that all literary works focus on the trope o ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 196 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443832366
1443832367
1283308673
9781283308670

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