The pragmatics of fiction : literature, stage and screen discourse.

Drawing on a wide range of fictional texts from Shakespeare and Austen to Game of Thrones and the lyrics of 'We Shall Overcome', this textbook shows how pragmatic analyses can uncover the performative elements that create and shape characters for an audience.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jucker, Andreas
Otros Autores: Locher, Miriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
Colección:Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced
Temas:
English fiction > History and criticism.
Pragmatics.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Pragmatique.
pragmatics.
English fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and tables
  • To readers
  • Acknowledgements
  • Transcription conventions
  • Part I The pragmatics of fiction as communication
  • 1 Fiction and pragmatics
  • 2 Fiction and non-fiction
  • 3 Literature as communication
  • Part II The pragmatics of story worlds
  • 4 Genres of fiction
  • 5 The narrative core
  • 6 Character creation
  • Part III Themes in the pragmatics of fiction
  • 7 The performance of fiction
  • 8 Relational work and (im/politeness) ideologies
  • 9 The language of emotion
  • 10 Poetic language
  • 11 Fiction, pragmatics and future research
  • Glossary
  • Index

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