Shakespeare's Common Language
1st Edition
Published on 23. January 2020
208 pages
978-1-350-00699-7 (ISBN)
Description
What can developments in contemporary linguistics and language theory reveal about Shakespeare's language in the plays? Shakespeare's Common Language demonstrates how methods borrowed from language criticism can illuminate the surprising expressive force of Shakespeare's common words. With chapters focused on different approaches based in language theory, the book analyses language change in Coriolanus; discourse analysis in Troilus and Cressida; pragmatics in Richard II; and various aspects of grammar in As You Like It. In mapping the tools of linguistics and language theory onto the study of literature, and employing finely-grained close readings of dialogue, Shakespeare's Common Language frames a methodology that offers a fresh approach to reading dramatic language.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-00699-7 (9781350006997)
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Person
Alysia Kolentsis is Associate Professor of English at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Content
Introduction: Shakespeare's Common Language
Chapter 1: Language Change, Coriolanus, and 'Shall'
Chapter 2: Discourse Analysis, Troilus and Cressida, and 'Will'
Chapter 3: Pragmatics, Richard II, and 'This'
Chapter 4: Grammar, As You Like It, and 'If'
Notes
References
Index
Chapter 1: Language Change, Coriolanus, and 'Shall'
Chapter 2: Discourse Analysis, Troilus and Cressida, and 'Will'
Chapter 3: Pragmatics, Richard II, and 'This'
Chapter 4: Grammar, As You Like It, and 'If'
Notes
References
Index
