An Introduction to the Language of Literature

ISBN-13: 9780333454114 / Angielski

N. F. Blake

Opis

This book presents an introduction to stylistics for students of literature. It does not presuppose linguistic knowledge, but it approaches literature in a linguistic way. In the first half it looks at the make-up of a sentence in English and how sentence elements are exploited by literary authors. In the second half it looks at the way in which a text is unified by elements beyond the sentence. The conclusion exemplifies the theory explained in the previous chapters.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Sentence Structure.- Group Structure: The Noun Group.- Group Structure: The Other Groups.- Vocabulary.- Sounds and Patterns.- Pragmatics and Literature.- Texts Cohesion.- Conclusion.- Suggested Further Reading.- Index.