Miriam A. Locher, Andreas H. Jucker

Pragmatics of Fiction (eBook, PDF)

Literature, Stage and Screen Discourse

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Produktbeschreibung

Presents pragmatics as a framework to analyse the discourse of fiction

• Draws on a range of fictional genres including novels, plays, fan fiction, poems, lyrics, movies and TV series
• Each chapter includes an introduction and conclusion, a list of key concepts, exercises and suggestions for further reading
• Three part structure explores fiction as communication, the pragmatics of story worlds and themes in fiction

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.

By exploring fictional language, the book investigates different forms of interpersonal communication, such as politeness and impoliteness, as well as the nature of poetic language and the language of emotion. With exercises, discussion topics, suggestions for small-scale research projects and further reading, it shows just how fascinating a challenge fictional language can pose to pragmatics, and illustrates the richness of fictional language as a source of data for pragmatic research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474447959
• Artikelnr.: 72412883

Autorenporträt

Miriam A. Locher is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Basel in Switzerland. Andreas H. Jucker is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Zurich. His current research focuses on historical pragmatics, speech act theory, politeness theory and the grammar and history of English. He is editor of the Journal of Historical Pragmatics (with Irma Taavitsainen) and associate editor of the Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (Benjamins).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
To readers
Acknowledgments
Part I: The pragmatics of fiction as communication
1: Fiction and pragmatics
2: Fiction and non-fiction
3: Literature as communication
Part II: The pragmatics of story worlds
4: Genres of fiction
5: The narrative core
6: Character creation
Part III: Themes in the pragmatics of fiction
7: The performance of fiction
8: Relational work and (im/politeness) ideologies
9: The language of emotion
10: Poetic language
11: Fiction, pragmatics and future research
Appendices
Sources