The Stylistics of Landscapes, the Landscapes of Stylistics

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ID23806231
EditorsJohn Douthwaite (0000-0002-6750-2991, University of Genoa), Daniela Francesca Virdis (0000-0003-2819-3847, University of Cagliari), Elisabetta Zurru (0000-0001-5251-7616, University of Genoa)
Year2017
Publication date2017-12-07
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueStylistics of Landscapes, the Landscapes of Stylistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lal.28
OpenAlexW2737617167
ISBN9789027200020
LanguageEN
Citations received5

In treating the topic of the landscapes of stylistics, this book provides a series of chapters which deal not only with physical landscapes but also with social, mental, historical portraits of places, people and society. The chapters demonstrate that all texts project a worldview, even when the content appears to be only a physical description of the external world. The implication is that texts attempt to produce specific effects on the reader determined by the author’s worldview. Contents and effects, (namely mental and emotional states, behaviours), are thus inseparable. Identifying those effects and how they are produced is an eminently cognitive operation. The chapters analyse a variety of linguistic devices and cognitive mechanisms employed in producing the text and accounting for the effects achieved. Though the majority of the chapters have a cognitive basis, a wide range of methodologies are employed, including ecostylistics, offering cutting-edge theoretical approaches teamed up with close reading. A further crucial feature of this collection is the selection of non-canonical texts, ranging from lesser-known texts in English to significant works in languages other than English, all of which are characterised by important social themes, thus emphasising the importance of critical appreciation as a means of self-empowerment.

Art · Literature · Stylistics · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Visual Culture and Art Theory

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