DESCRIPTION
This volume explores the concept of the “literary character” in narrative fiction. Looking at theproblems and importance of literary characters, the book looks at the stylistic changes in character portrayal over the last 100 years, paying crucial attention to how language is used both by the characters themselves and by the narrators. To support the arguments in this literary analysis, Towards a stylistic approach to character in literature uses some of the most significant theoretical frameworks from the last thirty years, from Michael Halliday’s “Systematic functional linguistics” to Elena Semino’s investigations into metaphors in character portrayal.
134 p.
NOTE
- Includes bibliographical references.
- P. Trevisan teaches at the University of Udine.
