Binding: Paperback
Description: Dialogue is a many - sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre a formal component of fiction and drama a model for the relationship of writer and reader and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms it questions literature disturbing the singleness and fixity of the written text with the fluid interactivity of conversation. In this clear and concise guide to the multiple significance of the term Peter Womack: outlines the history of dialogue form looking at Platonic Renaissance Enlightenment and Modern examples illustrates the play of dialogue in the many voices of the novel and considers how dialogue works on the stage interprets the influential dialogic theories of Mikhail Bakhtin examines the idea that literary study itself consists of a dialogue with the past presents a useful glossary and further reading section. Practical and thought - provoking this volume is the ideal starting - point for the exploration of this diverse and fascinating literary form.
Title: Dialogue
Author(s): Womack Peter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780415329224
Pages: 176 Pages
Publication Date: 4/21/2011
Series: The New Critical Idiom
Category: Literary Studies: General