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Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare
Juhani Rudanko
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Description for Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare
hardcover. This book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism. The methods include the analysis of questions of requests, topic analysis and its relation to the notion of dominance, and case grammar, with special reference to the concept of agentivity. Readers interested in language will value the contribution of this book to applied linguistics while readers interested in Shakespeare will welcome the fresh perspectives on the three selected plays. Rudanko demonstrates the usefulness of interdisciplinary cooperation between linguistics and literature and helps to break down artificial barriers between the ... Read more
This book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism. The methods include the analysis of questions of requests, topic analysis and its relation to the notion of dominance, and case grammar, with special reference to the concept of agentivity. Readers interested in language will value the contribution of this book to applied linguistics while readers interested in Shakespeare will welcome the fresh perspectives on the three selected plays. Rudanko demonstrates the usefulness of interdisciplinary cooperation between linguistics and literature and helps to break down artificial barriers between the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819191076
SKU
V9780819191076
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About Juhani Rudanko
Juhani Rudanko is Associate Professor of English Philology at the University of Tempere in Finland.
Reviews for Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare
Rudanko's work is a strong step in the direction of illuminating literary criticism using linguistic methods. It is to be highly recommended both as a text for linguistic analysis and a text for studies of Shakespeare.
Walter A. Cook S.J., Georgetown University ...clear, precise, well-documented, and quite readable...this book will make wonderful material for graduate courses emphasizing pragmatics...
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Walter A. Cook S.J., Georgetown University ...clear, precise, well-documented, and quite readable...this book will make wonderful material for graduate courses emphasizing pragmatics...
... Read more