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The Language of Drama
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
The Language of Drama
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Keith Sanger
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Series | Intertext |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:112 | Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 174 |
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Category/Genre | Drama Literary studies - plays and playwrights |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780415214230
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Classifications | Dewey:809.2 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
Illustrations |
8 line drawings, 8 b&w photographs, references, index, further read ing
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Imprint |
Routledge
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Publication Date |
14 September 2000 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This accessible satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series is unique in offering students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on drama.Written in a clear, user-friendly style by a practising teacher, it combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries and suggestions for further activities. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook, Working with Texts: A core book for language analysis. Aimed at A-level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Drama: examines a wide range of drama scripts, including plays, soap operas, and screenplays: from Shakespeare to Stoppard; Coronation Street to The Archers; Sense and Sensibility to Sour Sweet illustrated throughout with specially commisioned artwork by the Viz cartoonist discusses key aspects of dramatic language, including: conversation, dialect, narrative structure, cohesion, repetition, and imagery explores contemporary linguistic research and applies the to the texts in an accessible way provides a comprehensive glossary of terms, an index of texts and writers, and suggestions for further reading.
Author Biography
Keith Sanger is Lecturer in English and Drama at new College (VI Form), Pontefract, and a team leader for AQA A' Level English Language.
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