Reconstructing Reality: Complexity in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet - Couverture rigide

Rashidi, Linda Stump

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0820474487 ISBN 13 : 9780820474489

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Among the most brilliant fictional works of the twentieth century, Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet is at once a culmination of modernist literature and an exploration of the conscious construction of truth and reality. Structured to reflect Einstein's relativity theory, the Alexandria Quartet is an intricate interweaving of linguistic resources. Using M. A. K. Halliday's systemic linguistic theory of text analysis, (Re)constructing Reality probes the inner workings of Durrell's masterpiece to bring us closer to an understanding of how meaning is created. In the process, this book provides insight into both the Alexandria Quartet itself, as well as into the linguistic nature of literary composition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

The Author: Linda Stump Rashidi is Associate Professor in the Department of Languages and Literature at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches linguistics, composition, and literature. She received her Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from Michigan State University. Dr. Rashidi has published numerous articles worldwide on Durrell's work, as well as on discourse analysis of Afghan Persian and Moroccan Berber, and is co-editor of a volume on language and gender in the Arab world. She has lived and taught in Afghanistan, Japan, China, and Morocco.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820474487
• ISBN 13: 9780820474489
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 143
• Éditeur: Radell Karen Marguerite
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible