Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780582085237 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 224 str.

Mary M. Talbot

Opis

In this book, Mary Talbot shows how fiction works in the constitution and reproduction of social life. She discusses both `high' and `low' fiction, combining discussion of social context with language analysis. Examples are taken from children's tales, romance, horror and science in her language analysis.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Part I: Fiction as social practice
1. What is Fiction?
2. Discourses, readers, genres
3. Intertextuality and text population

Part II: Fiction and social reproduction
4. Escaping into romance
5. Confronting horror

Part III: Fiction and social change
6. Fiction and empowerment
7. Feminist science fiction

Notes
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Mary M. Talbot