Conspicuous Silences - Implicature and Fictionality in the Victorian Novel

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Rosaler has a BA from Dartmouth College, an MA in Victorian Studies from the University of Exeter, and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on narrative theoretical principles, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British fiction, and the valuation of fiction. This is her first book. Klappentext How are a reader's perceptions of a plot impacted by its presentation through textual clues rather than explicit narration, and why would an author choose this comparatively indirect mode of narration? Conspicuous Silences examines the effect of this literary strategy on the reader's experience of a selection of Victorian novels. Zusammenfassung How are a reader's perceptions of a plot impacted by its presentation through textual clues rather than explicit narration, and why would an author choose this comparatively indirect mode of narration? Conspicuous Silences examines the effect of this literary strategy on the reader's experience of a selection of Victorian novels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Pragmatics and Fictional Narrative 1: The Unarticulated Antinarratable: Illegitimate Pregnancy and the Pragmatics of Politeness 2: Unspoken Desires: Representations of Semiconsciousness and Control 3: The Narrative Tease: Open Secrets in Sensation Fiction Conclusion Bibliography Index

Sommario

• Introduction: Pragmatics and Fictional Narrative


• 1: The Unarticulated Antinarratable: Illegitimate Pregnancy and the Pragmatics of Politeness


• 2: Unspoken Desires: Representations of Semiconsciousness and Control


• 3: The Narrative Tease: Open Secrets in Sensation Fiction


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ruth Rosaler, Rosaler Ruth
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9780198769743
• ISBN: 978-0-19-876974-3
• Pagine: 196
• Serie: Oxford English Monographs; Oxford English Monographs
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary theory, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form