基本説明
This volume provides the first systematic analysis of narrative episodes in drama from an interactional perspective, applying sociolinguistic theories of narrative and insights from conversation analysis to literary dialogue. The aim of the book is to show how narration can become drama and that understanding the way a character tells a story is the key to understanding its role in the unfolding action.
Full Description
How do characters tell stories in plays and for what dramatic purpose? This volume provides the first systematic analysis of narrative episodes in drama from an interactional perspective, applying sociolinguistic theories of narrative and insights from conversation analysis to literary dialogue. The aim of the book is to show how narration can become drama and how analysis of the way a character tells a story can be the key to understanding its role in the unfolding action. The book's interactional approach, which analyses the way in which the characteristic features of everyday conversational stories are used by dramatists to create literary effects, offers an additional tool for dramatic criticism. The book should be of interest to scholars and students of narrative research, conversation and discourse analysis, stylistics, dramatic discourse and theatre studies. Winner of 2012 Esse Book Award for Language and Linguistics
Contents
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Introduction; 3. Chapter 1. Narrative and dramatic discourse; 4. Chapter 2. An interactional approach to storytelling; 5. Chapter 3. Analysing and classifying stories; 6. Chapter 4. Tellability: Discourse features and strategies; 7. Chapter 5. Small stories; 8. Chapter 6. Remembering and dreaming; 9. Chapter 7. Challenging stories; 10. Chapter 8. Being the narrator; 11. Chapter 9. Conclusions; 12. Bibliography; 13. Index
