Dialogue in 'Dubliners' - impoliteness in literature
Medium
Periodical Article
Medium
- part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Sep2009 (Volume) 45
Classif
820 EMA
Subject
Literature
Page
29-30
Authors
Lavery, Simon
Contents
The author looks at talk in three of James Joyce's short stories, showing how politeness theory can be used to illuminate the relationships, themes and mood of a text that is saturated in hopelessness, bitterness and despair.
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