Polyphony in Fiction: A Stylistic Analysis of ""Middlemarch"", ""Nostromo"", and ""Herzog""
Author:   Masayuki Teranishi
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
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9783039113637


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   03 April 2008
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Polyphony in Fiction: A Stylistic Analysis of ""Middlemarch"", ""Nostromo"", and ""Herzog""


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The overall aim of this book is the application of stylistic theories and frameworks to literary texts for a deeper level of interpretation. For this purpose the author conducted an analysis based upon the concepts of ‘polyphony’ and ‘focalization’ of three novels from different literary periods commonly labeled ‘Pre-modernism’, ‘Modernism’, and ‘Postmodernism’, namely, George Eliot’s Middlemarch (1871-2), Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo (1904), and Saul Bellow’s Herzog (1964). Inspired by the work of Russian linguist-philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin the author attempts to clarify stylistically how polyphony is textualized in each novel and how each mode of polyphony reflects less parochial literary and cultural trends.

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Author:   Masayuki Teranishi
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9783039113637


ISBN 10:   3039113631
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   03 April 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: 'Pre-modernist', 'Modernist' and 'Postmodernist'? Critical Reviews of Middlemarch, Nostromo and Herzog - Descriptive Framework: The Relation between Polyphony and Focalization - Polyphony and 'Pre-modernism'? A Stylistic Analysis of Middlemarch - A Mode of Polyphony in Nostromo under Modernist Influence - A Stylistic Analysis of Herzog: A Mode of Postmodern Polyphony.

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The Author: Masayuki Teranishi is an associate professor at the School of Human Science and Environment, the University of Hyogo, Japan. He obtained an M.A. in English Literary Studies, and in 2004 a Ph.D. at the University of Leeds. His current interests lie in English stylistics, specifically in the study of prose fiction, cognitive stylistics and pedagogical stylistics.

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