Literary and Linguistic Approaches to Feminist Narratology

by R. Page

Overview

Ruth Page offers a new approach to analyzing the relationships between gender and narrative. Proposing an integrative framework for feminist narratology, she draws on literary and linguistic perspectives, illustrated by an interrogation of literary texts, from different historical periods and expressive traditions, and non-literary narratives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403991164
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/17/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

RUTH E. PAGE is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Central England in Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes Acknowledgements Feminist Narratology in Context The Question of Gender and Form The Question of Gender and Context The Importance of Similarities Questioning Intra-category Variation Media Narratives and Success and Failure Gender, Age and Narrative Development Beyond Feminist Narratology Notes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'...this book is an excellent contribution to the debate about post-modern feminims and also provides insightful narrative analyses.' - Sara Mills, Journal of Literary Semantics

'All in all, Page's book is a rich source of theory and practice regarding feminist narratology. It is very well written and easy to read. Literary and Linguistic Approaches to Feminist Narratology will be extremely useful as a reliable source of information for students and scholars in the field of language and gender, besides being of interest for anyone who is curious about narratives. We are presented here with an invaluable publication, and we can but congratulate Page for having undertaken such a task and carried it out with such expertise.' - Hilal Erkazanci, Discourse& Communication

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