1st Edition
Discourse Deixis in Metafiction The Language of Metanarration, Metalepsis and Disnarration
By Andrea Macrae
Copyright 2019
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume advances scholarly understanding of the ways in which discourse deixis underpins the workings of metafictional novels. Building on existing scholarship in the field, the book begins by mapping out key themes and techniques in metafiction and puts forward a focused and theoretically coherent account of discourse deixis—language which points to a section or aspect of the discourse... Read more
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Discourse Deixis in Literature
Chapter Three: Discourse Deixis in Metanarration
Chapter Four: Discourse Deixis in Metalepsis
Chapter Five: Discourse Deixis in Disnarration
Chapter Six: Conclusion
Biography
Andrea Macrae is a Senior Lecturer in Stylistics at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is the co-editor of Pronouns in Literature: Positions and Perspectives in Language. She has published on deixis in several journals and edited collections.
