Analysing Discourse
Textual Analysis for Social Research
By Norman Fairclough
Analysing Discourse is an accessible introductory textbook for all students and researchers working with real language data.
Drawing on a range of social theorists from Bourdieu to Habermas, as well as his own research, Fairclough's book presents a form of language analysis with a consistently social perspective. His approach is illustrated by and investigated through a range of real texts, from written texts, to a TV debate about the monarchy and a radio broadcast about the Lockerbie bombing. The student-friendly book also offers accessible summaries, an appendix of example texts, and a glossary of terms and key theorists.
The Topics series presents factual information in a modern magazine format. It offers challenging insights into the modern intercultural world from a teenager's viewpoint. Written in direct, up-to-date English, the texts and illustrations are closely integrated for maximum impact.
* The first pragmatically oriented study of the language of fictional texts.
* Introduces a range of pragmatic theories and offers a range of approaches that can be applied to texts.
* Includes examples from literary texts, predominantly from the twentieth century - unlike many works on pragmatics which use invented examples.
Nineteenth-Century Religion and Literature: An Introduction by Mark Knight and Emma Mason Recent scholarship in nineteenth-century
literary studies consistently recognizes the profound importance of
religion, even as it marginalizes the topic. There are few, if any,
challenging yet manageable introductions to religion and literature in
the long-nineteenth century, a factor that serves to fuel scholars'
neglect of theological issues. This book aims to show how religion,
specifically Christianity, is integral to the literature and culture of
this period. It provides close readings of popular texts and integrates
these with accessible explanations of complex religious ideas. Written
by two scholars who have published widely on religion and literature,
the book offers a detailed grounding in the main religious movements of
the period 1750-1914. The dominant traditions of High Anglicanism,
Tractarianism, Evangelicalism and Roman Catholicism are contextualized
by preceding chapters addressing dissenting culture (primarily
Presbyterianism, Methodism, Unitarianism and Quakerism), and the
question of secularization is considered in the light of the diversity
and capacity for renewal within the Christian faith. Throughout the
book the authors untangle theological and church debates in a manner
that highlights the privileged relationship between religion and
literature in the period. The book also gives readers a language to
approach and articulate their own 'religious' readings of texts, texts
that are often concerned with slippery subjects such as the divine, the
non-material and the nature of religious experience. Refusing to shut
down religious debate by offering only narrow or fixed definitions of
Christian traditions, the book also questions the demarcation of sacred
material from secular, as well as connecting the vitality of religion
in the period to a broader literary culture. (Amazon.com)
Analysing Discourse
Pragmatic Stylistics
