Language and Characterisation: People in Plays and Other Texts

ISBN-13: 9780582357532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 344 str.

UK) Jonathan (Lancaster University Culpeper

Opis

Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this book focuses on the role of language and characterization in the dialogue of play texts. Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers other genres, such as films and verse.

Spis treści

1: Modelling Characterisation PART ONE: CHARACTERISATION AND THE MIND 2: Character categories and impressions of character 3: Inferring character from texts PART TWO: CHARACTERISATION AND THE TEXT 4: Textual clues in characterisation 5: (Im)politeness and characterisation 6: Conclusion: The characterisation of Katherina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Conclusion Further directions and exercises References Index

O autorze

Jonathan Culpeper is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University.