Overview

The Language Literature provides a framework for analysing language. It explores how writers use literary language to create literary texts, and helps students use language successfully in their own writing. Key features: Covers key skills and topics, including structure, genre, narrative and narrators, representing talk and intertextuality Offers a step-bystep guide to approaching the language of literary texts and structuring a response Examples of literary texts are taken from a wide variety of periods and genres. Relevant AOs: Language: AO1, AO3, AO5 Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5 Language and Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5.

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Author:   Adrian Beard
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415286329

ISBN 10:   0415286328
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   23 January 2003
Recommended Age:   From 17 to 18 years
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures Preface Acknowledgements 1. Starting Points: Identifying the Task, Having a Method 2. Structure: Shapes and Patterns: Shapes and Patterns in Poetry, Shapes and Patterns in Novels, Structure in Drama 3. Genre: Genre and Subgenre, Difference and Similarity 4. Narrative: Story/Plot/Narrative, Types of Narrator: First and Third Person, How Much Does the Narrator Know? How Reliable is the Narrator? Presenting Speech, Presenting Thought, Chronology and Narrative, Reader's Point of View 5. Representing Talk: Real-Life Talk and Literary Talk, Dialogues, Monologues, Demotic Speech 6. Creativity: Metaphor, Allegory, Intertextuality. The Framework Revisitied Glossary Suggestions for Answer References

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'An informative and enjoyable read...the learning is seamlessly assimilated and used, unlike many introductory texts which merely detail current theories.' - Adele Wills, Richard Huish College, Somerset

Author Information

Adrian Beard was until recently Head of English at Gosforth High School and now works at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He is a Chief Examiner for AS/A Level English Literature.

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