Polyphony in Fiction: A Stylistic Analysis of Middlemarch, Nostromo, and Herzog

Polyphony in Fiction: A Stylistic Analysis of Middlemarch, Nostromo, and Herzog 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. Autor: Masayuki Teranishi Wydawnictwo: Verlag Peter Lang Rok wydania: 2008 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 328 Wymiary: 15.3 x 22.5 x 2 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9783039113637