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.

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Hauptverfasser: Locher, Miriam A, Jucker, Andreas H
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2021
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced
Schlagworte:
English fiction
English fiction-History and criticism
Language & Linguistics
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
Pragmatics
Language & Linguistics
ISBN:9781474447935, 1474447937
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISBN:9781474447935
1474447937
DOI:10.1515/9781474447959