Cambridge Topics in English Language Narrative

Essential study guides for the future linguist.

List of contents

1. Defining narrative: 1.1. Some basics; 1.2. Representation; 1.3. The social aspect of narrative; 2. Written narratives: 2.1. Authors and narrators; 2.2. Point of view; 2.3. Modal grammar; 2.4 Multimodal narratives; 3. Spoken narratives: 3.1. 'Big' and 'small' stories: narrative and identity; 3.2. Co-constructing narratives; 3.3. Stories about place; 4. Reading narratives: 4.1. Reading narratives; 4.2. Deixis and deictic shift theory; 4.3. Intertextuality; 4.4 Reading characters; 5. Narrative genres: 5.1. Narrative and the news; 5.2. Children's narratives; 5.3. Narrative and Twitter; Ideas and answers; References.

Product details

• Authors: Marcello Giovanelli, Giovanelli Marcello
• Assisted by: Dan Clayton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108402293
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40229-3
• No. of pages: 116
• Series: Cambridge Topics in English Language
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Discourse Analysis, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Designed / suitable for A and AS Level (England and Wales), Designed / suitable for A & AS Level, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, For specific national or regional educational curricula, For International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, For advanced / upper secondary education