| Language and Style in the Inheritors Contributor(s): Hoover, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761812636 ISBN-13: 9780761812630 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $91.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 98-39989 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Language and Style in The Inheritors; links the linguistic characteristics of the language of William Golding's underappreciated second novel with larger stylistic and thematic issues to achieve a satisfying and persuasive interpretation while also demonstrating the usefulness and effectiveness(and some of the limitations) of linguistic and computer-assisted approaches, without being overwhelmingly theoretical or technical. This analysis uses comparative data from a corpus of more than thirty British and American novels to compare and contrast with the contents of The Inheritors. It begins with a discussion of point of view, style, and interpretation and moves into an examination of The Inheritors in regard to other works that focus on it. The author then provides a discussion of Golding's manipulation of transitivity to produce the animistic character of the novel, and a statistical analysis of its readability, sentence complexity, and vocabulary complexity, followed by an analysis of diction. He concludes with an integration of the linguistic discoveries with important thematic issues, and a consideration of altered versions of The Inheritors. |
