1st Edition
Exploring French Text Analysis Interpretations of National Identity
240 Pages
by
Routledge
Exploring French Text Analysis introduces students of French to a range of methods of text analysis, including stylistics and discourse analysis. The editors provide a clear framework for analysing written French critically. Through a series of commentaries on a range of texts by different contributors, they present a variety of models for readers to follow. The texts have been carefully chosen... Read more
List of texts used, List of contnbutors, Preface, Acknowledgements, PART 1 Style, rhetoric and critical discourse analysis, PART2 Text analysis and the interpretation of national identity, PART3 Concluding comments, Appendix: the French phonetic alphabet, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Robert Crawshaw is Lecturer in European Languages and Cultures and Head of French and Karin Trusting is a Teaching Assistant and Research Officer in European Languages and Cultures, both at Lancaster University
'Crawshaw and Tusting have succeeded in their aim of bringing together stylistics and discourse analysis students and lecturers alike should find it very useful,' - Paul Cooke, Modern Language Review
'This book represents an interesting starting point for students who wish to apply the critcal linguistics approach to French texts ... an introductory work to the field of text analysis.' - Christine Develotte, Discourse & Society
