‘Your duplicitous point of view’: Delayed revelations of hypothetical focalisation in Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Sweet Tooth:
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The authors explored two 21st century novels by the British postmodernist author Ian McEwan, one of the first to explore cognitive-poetic and possible worlds theories, and the other to explore the possible worlds theory.Abstract:
Framed by cognitive-poetic and possible worlds theories, this article explores two 21st century novels by the British postmodernist author Ian McEwan. Building upon Ryan’s (1991) seminal conceptual...read more
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Language and Gender
TL;DR: Language and Gender as discussed by the authors is an introduction to the study of the relation between gender and language use, written by two leading experts in the field, who argue that the connections between language and gender are deep yet fluid, and arise in social practice.
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The Literary Mind
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A dictionary of stylistics
TL;DR: Katie Wales has rigorously updated the book, included many additional new terms to cover the new areas and has added an additional reading section.
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Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction
TL;DR: The second edition of Cognitive Poetics as discussed by the authors offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis, including new explanations of literary meaning, the power of reading, literary force, and emotion.