"Nice Work" by David Lodge. Realism Revisited - A linguistic analysis

Intermediate Diploma Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, , course: Bachelor in Language and English Literature, language: English, abstract: The aim of this thesis is to trace how David Lodge's fictional piece "Nice Work" (1984) subverts the compositional principles of the canonical realist novel by undermining the principle of mimesis through different devices: firstly, through narratological devices such as the choice of intrusive narrator and the device of "breaking frame" and secondly, through discursive devices such as transtextuality mainly intertextuality, paratextuality, metatextuality and hypertextuality and parody. This thesis then purports to trace these elements and to delve into the undermining effects these devices have on the compositional principles of realist fiction.

About the author

My name is Liliana Silvina Vidal. I am from Argentina. I am an English teacher, I have got a degree in English language and Literatures . I have a master in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. I study Neurosicoeducation.

Product details

• Authors: Liliana Vidal
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783656989202
• ISBN: 978-3-656-98920-2
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 84 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V334851; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V334851
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Humanities, art, music > Education > Secondary school levels I and II