Jonathan Culpeper (UK Lancaster University)

Language and Characterisation

People in Plays and Other Texts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Textual Explorations
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780582357532
• ISBN-10: 0582357535
• Artikelnr.: 24296013

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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