The Language of Fiction

The Language of Fiction
Title The Language of Fiction PDF eBook
Author Emar Maier
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 400
Release 2021-10-15
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0192585355

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This volume brings together new research on fiction from the fields of philosophy and linguistics. Fiction has long been a topic of interest in philosophy, but recent years have also seen a surge in work on fictional discourse at the intersection between linguistics and philosophy of language. In particular, there has been a growing interest in examining long-standing issues concerning fiction from a perspective that is informed both by philosophy and linguistic theory. Following a detailed introduction by the editors, The Language of Fiction contains 14 chapters by leading scholars in linguistics and philosophy, organized into three parts. Part I, 'Truth, Reference, and Imagination', offers new, interdisciplinary perspectives on some of the central themes from the philosophy of fiction: What is fictional truth? How do fictional names refer? What kind of speech act is involved in telling a fictional story? What is the relation between fiction and imagination? Part II, 'Storytelling', deals with themes originating from the study of narrative: How do we infer a coherent story from a sequence of event descriptions? And how do we interpret the words of impersonal or unreliable narrators? Part III, 'Perspective Shift', focuses on an alleged key characteristic of fictional narratives, namely how we get access to the fictional characters' inner lives, through a variety of literary techniques for representing what they say, think, or see. The volume will be of interest to scholars from graduate level upwards in the fields of discourse analysis, semantics and pragmatics, philosophy of language, psychology, cognitive science, and literary studies.

The Language of Fiction

The Language of Fiction
Title The Language of Fiction PDF eBook
Author Brian Shawver
Publisher UPNE
Pages 257
Release 2013
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1611683300

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The Fictions of Language and the Languages of Fiction

The Fictions of Language and the Languages of Fiction
Title The Fictions of Language and the Languages of Fiction PDF eBook
Author Monika Fludernik
Publisher Routledge
Pages 548
Release 2003-12-16
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1134872879

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Monika Fludernik presents a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction. Building on the insights of Ann Banfield's Unspeakable Sentences, Fludernik radically extends Banfield's model to accommodate evidence from conversational narrative, non-fictional prose and literary works from Chaucer to the present. Fludernik's model subsumes earlier insights into the forms and functions of quotation and aligns them with discourse strategies observable in the oral language. Drawing on a vast range of literature, she provides an invaluable resource for researchers in the field and introduces English readers to extensive work on the subject in German as well as comparing the free indirect discourse features of German, French and English. This study effectively repositions the whole area between literature and linguistics, opening up a new set of questions in narrative theory.

The Language of Fiction

The Language of Fiction
Title The Language of Fiction PDF eBook
Author David Lodge
Publisher Routledge
Pages 336
Release 2015-10-30
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1136751386

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Language of Fiction was the first book of criticism by the renowned novelist and critic David Lodge. His uniquely informed perspective - he was already the author of three successful novels at the time of its first publication in 1966 - and lucid exposition meant that the work proved a landmark of literary criticism, not least because it succeeded

The Language of Fiction

The Language of Fiction
Title The Language of Fiction PDF eBook
Author Keith Sanger
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 132
Release 1998
Genre Art
ISBN 9780415145992

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This accessible satellite textbook is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on fiction. It combines activities, commentaries and suggestions for further reading.

The Language of the Night

The Language of the Night
Title The Language of the Night PDF eBook
Author Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher Ultramarine Publishing
Pages 280
Release 1979
Genre Fantastic fiction
ISBN 9780399504822

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Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-fantasy

Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-fantasy
Title Linguistics and Languages in Science Fiction-fantasy PDF eBook
Author Myra Edwards Barnes
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 1975
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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