Twentieth-Century Fiction

From Text to Context

AvPeter Verdonk,Jean Jacques Weber

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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By applying recent trends in literary and language theory to a range of 20th Century fiction, the contributors to this text make new theoretical insights available to student readers. The analytical and interpretive strategies examined in this book are not intended to be prescriptive, rather they are presented in such a way as to facilitate critical reading and evaluation.The essays, which are arranged into three groups and which focus on the textual level, narrative and context, look at a wide range of Twentieth Century authors including Fowles, Foster, Lessing and Woolf. In addition, this student-friendly text includes a detailed subject index, a full glossary and helpful suggestions for further reading.Aimed at beginning students of English Language and Literature and Applied Linguistics, and advanced students of English as a Foreign or Second Language, 20th Century Fiction provides an essential introduction to the subject which is both sensitive and enabling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-09-28
Mått:138 x 216 x 24 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Interface
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415105903

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Peter Verdonk is a Reader in English Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam. He has contributed widely to periodicals and books on literary stylistics and criticism. His previous publications include Twentieth-Century Poetry: From Text to Context (1993). Jean Jacques Weber is Lecturer in English Language and Literature at University Centre, Luxembourg. He has previously authored Critical Analysis of Fiction (1992) and has published a large number of articles on stylistics and discourse.

Innehållsförteckning

1 WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: A PRAGMATIC AND SOCIO[1]COGNITIVE VIEW OF LEXICAL REPETITION 2 HOW METAPHOR LEADS SUSAN RAWLINGS INTO SUICIDE: A COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF DORIS LESSING’S ‘TO ROOM NINETEEN’ 3 UNDERSTANDING CONVERSATIONAL UNDERCURRENTS IN ‘THE EBONY TOWER’ BY JOHN FOWLES 4 DIALOGUE AND POWER IN E.M.FORSTER’S HOWARDS END 5 NARRATIVE ICONICITY AND REPETITION IN ORAL AND LITERARY NARRATIVES 6 FREE INDIRECT DISCOURSE IN DORIS LESSING’S ‘ONE OFF THE SHORT LIST’: A CASE OF DESIGNED AMBIGUITY 7 LANGUAGE AND PERSPECTIVE IN KATHERINE MANSFIELD’S ‘PRELUDE’ 8 DISCOURSE STYLE MAKES VIEWPOINT: THE EXAMPLE OF CARVER’S NARRATOR IN ‘CATHEDRAL’ 9 LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND FILM: THE STYLISTICS OF BERNARD MACLAVERTY’S CAL 10 VIRGINIA WOOLF’S ‘OLD MRS GREY’: ISSUES OF GENRE 11 ‘WORLD ENOUGH, AND TIME’: DEICTIC SPACE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF PROSE 12 WORKING WITH SEXISM: WHAT CAN FEMINIST TEXT ANALYSIS DO? 13 STRATEGY AND CONTINGENCY.