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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253340603321

Autore

Sorlin Sandrine

Titolo

Language and Manipulation in House of Cards [[electronic resource] ] : A Pragma-Stylistic Perspective / / by Sandrine Sorlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-55848-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 267 p. 14 illus., 11 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

410.1835

Soggetti

Cognitive grammar

Language and languages—Style

Motion pictures and television

Arts

Pragmatics

Communication

Sociology

Cognitive Linguistics

Stylistics

Screen Studies

Media Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Power and (fictional) politics -- Chapter 2 Macrostructure and linguistic characterisation -- Chapter 3 Concealing, distorting and creating reality -- Chapter 4 Manipulative moves: Between persuasion and coercion -- Chapter 5 The art of winning over through face-work: success and failure -- Chapter 6 Aesthetic manipulation -- Chapter 7 Concluding remarks: Reciprocation and (im)politeness.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing analysis of the first three seasons from the unusual angles of discourse and dialogue. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagonist, Frank Underwood, is



completed by a pragmatic and cognitive approach exposing the main characters’ manipulative strategies to win over the other. Taking into account the socio-cultural context and the specificities of the TV medium, the volume focuses on the workings of interaction as well as the impact of the direct address to the viewer. The book critically uses the latest theories in pragmatics and stylistics in its attempt at providing a pragma-rhetorical theory of manipulation. Sandrine Sorlin is Professor of English language and linguistics at Aix-Marseille University and specialises in stylistics and pragmatics. She is a member of the LERMA research team and a Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). She is also the current chair of the French society for English stylistics (Société de Stylistique Anglaise).