Masayuki Teranishi

Polyphony in Fiction

A Stylistic Analysis of "Middlemarch, "Nostromo, and "Herzog

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The overall aim of this book is the application of stylistic theories and frameworks to literary texts for a deeper level of interpretation. For this purpose the author conducted an analysis based upon the concepts of 'polyphony' and 'focalization' of three novels from different literary periods commonly labeled 'Pre-modernism', 'Modernism', and 'Postmodernism', namely, George Eliot's Middlemarch (1871-2), Joseph Conrad's Nostromo (1904), and Saul Bellow's Herzog (1964). Inspired by the work of Russian linguist-philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin the author attempts to clarify stylistically how polyphony is textualized in each novel and how each mode of polyphony reflects less parochial literary and cultural trends.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11363
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9783039113637
• ISBN-10: 3039113631
• Artikelnr.: 26697430

Autorenporträt

The Author: Masayuki Teranishi is an associate professor at the School of Human Science and Environment, the University of Hyogo, Japan. He obtained an M.A. in English Literary Studies, and in 2004 a Ph.D. at the University of Leeds. His current interests lie in English stylistics, specifically in the study of prose fiction, cognitive stylistics and pedagogical stylistics.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: 'Pre-modernist', 'Modernist' and 'Postmodernist'? Critical Reviews of Middlemarch, Nostromo and Herzog - Descriptive Framework: The Relation between Polyphony and Focalization - Polyphony and 'Pre-modernism'? A Stylistic Analysis of Middlemarch - A Mode of Polyphony in Nostromo under Modernist Influence - A Stylistic Analysis of Herzog: A Mode of Postmodern Polyphony.