Language in Popular Fiction
Author | : Walter Nash |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2021-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000365528 |
ISBN-13 | : 1000365522 |
Rating | : 4/5 (522 Downloads) |
Download or read book Language in Popular Fiction written by Walter Nash and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990, Language in Popular Fiction was written to provide a comprehensive and illuminating look at the way language is used in thrillers and romantic fiction. The book examines the use of language across three interrelated levels: a level of verbal organisation, a level of narrative structure, and a level at which stylistic options and devices are related to notions of gender. It introduces ‘the protocol of pulchritude’ and makes use of detailed stylistic and linguistic analysis to investigate a wide range of ‘popfiction’ and ‘magfiction’. In doing so, it provokes serious reflection on popular fiction and its claims on the reader.