Language, Discourse and Literature by Ronald Carter, Paul Sim... - 9780415119535

Taylor & Francis

Language, Discourse and LiteratureAn Introductory Reader in Discourse Stylistics\nAuthor(s): Ronald Carter, Paul Simpson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415119535, 978-0415119535\nSynopsis\nThis collection shows students of English and applied linguistics ways in which language and literary study can be integrated. By drawing on a wide range of texts by mainly British and American writers, from a variety of different periods, the contributors show how discourse stylistics can provide models for the systematic description of, for example, dialogue in fiction; language of drama and balladic poetry; speech presentation; the interactive properties of metre; the communicative context of author/reader. Among the texts examined are novels, poetry and drama by major twentieth-century writers such as Joyce, Auden, Pinter and Hopkins, as well as examples from Shakespeare, Donne and Milton. \n\nEach chapter has a wide ran.