Toward a poetic theory of narration / essays of S.-Y. Kuroda ; edited by Sylvie Patron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuroda, S.-Y., author.

Contributor:

Patron, Sylvie, 1969- editor.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 269.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-430 ; volume 269

Standardized Title:

Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume consists of six essays by S.-Y. Kuroda on narrative theory, with a substantial introduction, notes, a bibliography and an index of proper names.This is the English version of a French critical edition published by Editions Armand Colin in their ""Recherches"" series in October 2012, translated from English by Cassian Braconnier, Tiên Fauconnier and Sylvie Patron, edition with an introduction and notes by Sylvie Patron.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface / Fischer, Susan

Acknowledgements

Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Where epistemology, style, and grammar meet: A case study from Japanese

Chapter 2. On grammar and narration

Chapter 3. Reflections on the foundations of narrative theory, from a linguistic point of view

Chapter 4. Some thoughts on the foundations of the theory of language use

Chapter 5. The reformulated theory of speech acts: Toward a theory of language use

Chapter 6. A study of the so-called topic wa in passages from Tolstoi , Lawrence , and Faulkner (of course, in Japanese translation)

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110377828

3110377829

OCLC:

905527971