1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786557503321

Autore

Higgins Therese E. <1960-, >

Titolo

Religiosity, cosmology and folklore : the African influence in the novels of Toni Morrison / / Therese E. Higgins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-317-79417-6

1-315-81098-0

1-317-79418-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Studies in African American History and Culture

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

American fiction - African influences

African Americans in literature

Cosmology in literature

Folklore in literature

Religion in literature

Africa In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Original Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I God, Gods, and Spirits in African Life: Song Of Solomon, Beloved, Tar Baby, and Jazz; CHAPTER 1 Ancient Ancestral Folklore in Song Of Solomon; CHAPTER 2 The Influence of African Cosmological Beliefs in Beloved; CHAPTER 3 Tar Baby and the Ancient Folktales of Africa; Chapter 4 Jazz and African Ancestral Cultures and Traditions; PART II A Circle of Friends: Communities of Women in The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise; CHAPTER 5 The Failure of Community in The Bluest Eye

CHAPTER 6 The Rejection of Community in SulaCHAPTER 7 ""Ancient Properties"" and Communal Connection in Tar Baby; CHAPTER 8 The Power of Community in Beloved; CHAPTER 9 Jazz and Community Values; CHAPTER 10 Paradise: The Final Frontier; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824983903321

Autore

Christie Frances

Titolo

Classroom discourse analysis : a functional perspective / / Frances Christie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : continuum, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-4411-7959-3

1-281-29831-X

9786611298319

1-84714-095-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Open linguistics series

Disciplina

371.1022

Soggetti

Communication in education

Interaction analysis in education

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 A theoretical framework; 2 Early childhood: first steps in becoming a pedagogic subject; 3 Early literacy teaching and learning; 4 Pedagogic discourse and curriculum macrogenres; 5 Pedagogic discourse in an orbital curriculum macrogenre; 6 Pedagogic discourse and the claims of knowledge; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a model of classroom discourse analysis that uses systemic functional linguistic theory and associated genre theory to develop a view of classroom episodes as 'curriculum genres', some of which operate in turn as part of larger unities of work called 'curriculum macrogenres'. Drawing on Bernstein's work, Christie argues that two registers operate in pedagogic discourse: a regulative register, to do with the goals and directions of the discourse; and an instructional register, to do with the particular 'content' or knowledge at issue. Each can be shown to be realized in distinc