Language and Manipulation in House of Cards

A Pragma-Stylistic Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagonist, Frank Underwood, is completed by a pragmatic and cognitive approach exposing the main characters’ manipulative strategies to win over the other.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-08-23
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:498 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:267
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137558473

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker
Television inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sandrine Sorlin is Professor of English language and linguistics at Aix-Marseille University and specialises in stylistics and pragmatics. She is a member of the LERMA research team and a Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). She is also the current chair of the French society for English stylistics (Société de Stylistique Anglaise).

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Power and (fictional) politics.- Chapter 2 Macrostructure and linguistic characterisation.- Chapter 3 Concealing, distorting and creating reality.- Chapter 4 Manipulative moves: Between persuasion and coercion.- Chapter 5 The art of winning over through face-work: success and failure.- Chapter 6 Aesthetic manipulation.- Chapter 7 Concluding remarks: Reciprocation and (im)politeness.