1st Edition
Unspeakable Sentences (Routledge Revivals) Narration and Representation in the Language of Fiction
By Ann Banfield
Copyright 1982
354 Pages
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Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1982, this title grew from a series of essays on various aspects of narrative style; the result is a finished product that melds literary theory with linguistic methodology. It is argued that, where linguistic theory intersects with literary theory, it is narrative that provides the crucial ‘experiment’ for deciding between a communication and a non-communication theory of... Read more
Preface; Introduction; 1. The expression of subjectivity and the sentences of direct and indirect speech 2. The sentence of represented speech and thought 3. Communication and the sentence of discourse 4. The sentences of narration and discourse 5. The sentence representing non-reflective consciousness and the absence of the narrator 6. The historical development of narrative style; Conclusion: Narration and representation: the knowledge of the clock and the lens; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index
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Ann Banfield
