Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 231 pages)
ISBN:
9783031186905
Inhalt:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Why Ian McEwan and Literary Pragma-Stylistics? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Approach and Methodology -- 1.3 Structure of the Book -- 1.4 Aims of the Book -- References -- 2 Pragmatics and the Analysis of Fiction -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Politeness and Impoliteness: Key Concepts and Theories -- 2.2.1 Linguistic Politeness -- 2.2.2 Linguistic Impoliteness -- 2.3 (Im)politeness in Literature: An Overview -- 2.3.1 (Im)politeness in Old English and Middle English Literature -- 2.3.2 (Im)politeness in Renaissance Literature -- 2.3.3 (Im)politeness in the Eighteenth-Century Novel and Drama -- 2.3.4 (Im)politeness in Contemporary Drama and Fiction -- 2.4 Summary -- Notes -- References -- 3 Narrative Tradition in Fiction: A Pragma-Stylistic Approach -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Implied Author, Implied Reader and the Question of Intention -- 3.3 Stylistics and Fictional Analysis -- 3.3.1 From Russian Formalism to Stylistics, Speech Acts and Implicature -- 3.3.2 Stylistics and Schema Theory -- 3.3.3 Stylistics, Point of View and Speech and Thought Presentation -- 3.3.3.1 Linguistic Indicators of Viewpoint -- 3.3.3.2 Speech and Thought Presentation: Free Indirect Speech (FIS) and Free Indirect Thought (FIT) -- 3.4 Ian McEwan: The Stylistic Tradition in Fiction -- 3.5 Summary -- Notes -- References -- 4 Intradiegetic (Im)politeness or How the (Im)politeness Theory Is Used for Internal Characterisation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 (Im)politeness, Science and Religion in Enduring Love -- 4.3 Impoliteness and Immorality in Amsterdam -- 4.4 Atonement, (Im)politeness and Empathy -- 4.5 Summary -- Notes -- References -- 5 Extradiegetic (Im)politeness or How the Implied Author Communicates with the Reader -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Saturday: Terrorism and (a Lack of) Imagination.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783031186899
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783031186899
Sprache:
Englisch
