Non-native Speech in English Literature

Foreign accents in fiction are a common stylistic instrument of marking a character as the 'Other' and conveying national stereotypes in literature. This study investigates in a qualitative analysis the linguistic characteristics of non-native fictional speech, with a specific focus on the English Renaissance, the Victorian Age and the 20th-century war decades. After examining the concept of national identity and the image of the foreigner in these eras, the study undertakes an in-depth linguistic analysis of a literary corpus of drama and prose. Recurring patterns in non-native fictional speech are uncovered and set into relation with the socio-cultural background of the respective work, which leads to intriguing findings about the changing image of the foreigner and the phenomenon of linguistic stereotying in English literature.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Sutor
• Publisher: Utz Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9783831644179
• ISBN: 978-3-8316-4417-9
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 206 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 448 g
• Illustrations: 3 SW-Abb., 5 Tabellen
• Series: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften; English and Beyond; Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften; English and Beyond
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Anglistik / Literaturwissenschaft