Monolingualism and Linguistic Exhibitionism in Fiction - Anjali Pandey

Monolingualism and Linguistic Exhibitionism in Fiction

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Buch | Softcover
302 Seiten
2014 | 2016 ed.
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-56705-8 (ISBN)
96,25 inkl. MwSt
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How are linguistic wars for global prominence literarily and linguistically inscribed in literature? This book focuses on the increasing presence of cosmetic multilingualism in prize-winning fiction, making a case for an emerging transparent-turn in which momentary multilingualism works in the service of long-term monolingualism.

Introduction: Languages in Literature1. The Place of Languages in the Space of Post-globalism: Bilingualism, Bullhorns and Blunders2. Award-cultures in the Era of Post-globalization: Prize-winning in a 'Flat'-World3. In-'visible' Multingualness: Linguistic Exhibitionism in the Post-global Turn4. Outsourcing English: Liberty, Linguistic Lust, and Loathing In Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger5. Curried English: Flawed Fluency, Markedness and Diglossia in Brick Lane6. Language Liquidation versus Language Appropriation: Tracing the Trajectory of Linguistic Death and Unease in Unaccustomed Earth; Jhumpa Lahiri7. Linguistic Insecurity and Linguistic Imperialism: Resuscitating Renaissance 'Re-Linguiscism' in Salman Rushdie's The Enchantress of FlorenceConclusion: What is Linguistic Exhibitionism Good For?

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Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte Bilingualism • Culture • Death • English • English literature • Exhibition • Fiction • Flat • freedom • imperialism • Liberty • Literature • Multilingualism • Renaissance • space
ISBN-10 1-349-56705-1 / 1349567051
ISBN-13 978-1-349-56705-8 / 9781349567058
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