Linguistic Criticism - Couverture souple

Fowler, Roger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192891111 ISBN 13 : 9780192891112

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1986

Synopsis

In recent years, the application of linguistic theory to literary studies has produced a wealth of exciting new perspectives on literature--precise analytic methods of linguistics have aided in practical criticism, while the theory of language itself has shed new light on literary theory as a whole. Linguistic Criticism is an introduction to the subject by one of its most knowledgeable practitioners. In this work, Roger Fowler clearly and simply discusses a variety of analytic techniques whose relevance for fiction, poetry and drama he demonstrates with reference to a wide variety of texts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A fruitful, well-established development in literary studies has been the application of ideas drawn from linguistics. Precise analytical methods help the practical criticism of texts, while at the same time the theory of language has illuminated literary theory. Linguistic Criticism is an introduction to the subject by one of its most experienced practitioners. Roger Fowler sets out clearly and simply a variety of analytical techniques whose application he demonstrates in discussion of a wide range of texts drawn from fiction, poetry, and drama. He concentrates on structures which relate literature to ordinary language, stressing the importance of the reader's every day language skills. This second edition gives clarified and expanded sections dealing with the role of the reader in literary criticism, and includes more twentieth-century texts and examples for analysis and discussion.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roger Fowler is Professor English and Linguistics at the University of East Anglia. He has written many books on language and literature, including Literature as Social Discourse (1981), Language in the News: Discourse and Ideology in the Press (1991) and he is the editor of the Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms (Routledge, 1990).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192891111
• ISBN 13: 9780192891112
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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