Pragmatic Stylistics

by Elizabeth Black

Book Overview

This volume is a study of the language of literary texts. It looks at the usefulness of pragmatic theories to the interpretation of literary texts and surveys methods of analysing narrative, with special attention given to narratorial authority and character focalisation. The book includes a description of Grice's Co-operative Principle and its contribution to the interpretation of literary texts, and considers Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748620419
• ISBN13: 9780748620418
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher