Language Discourse And Literature An Introductory Reader In Discourse Stylist - Taylor & Francis Ltd

This 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 Authorreader. 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.