1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911107398303321

Autore

Recker Jo Ann Marie

Titolo

"Appelle-moi Pierrot" : wit and irony in the Lettres of Madame de Sévigné / / Jo Ann Marie Recker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1986

ISBN

1-283-35896-4

9786613358967

90-272-7923-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 pages)

Collana

Purdue University monographs in Romance languages, , 0165-8743 ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

846/.4

Soggetti

Authors, French - 17th century

French letters - History and criticism

Comic, The, in literature

Irony 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.

Nota di contenuto

""APPELLE-MOI PIERROT"" Wit and Irony in the Lettres of Madame de Sévigné; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Transitions; 2.  Mask: ""Portrait""; 3. Speech: ""Fantaisie verbale""; 4.  Scene: Imposteur Technique; Notes; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The present study uses modern Molière criticism as a way of understanding Mme de Sévigné. In both Molière and Mme de Sévigné there is evidence of esprit or wit, that intellectual facility which perceives contrasts. Moliéresque critical theory would call this perception the "Imposteur" technique. As the opening lines of Molière's Lettre sur l'Imposteur propose, it is a "discours du ridicule" where ridicule is defined as the incongruous and the unreasonable. This notion depends on an act of intelligent judgement of what actually constitutes the normatively reasonable, and consequently, it presupposes the same perspective on the part of the reader/spectator. Implicit to both irony and ridicule is the complementarity necessary between the giver and the receiver of the message. The application of



moliéresque critical theory to the Correspondance of Mme de Sévigné can contribute to a renewed appreciation of the highly intellectual quality of the comic genius of a "spirituelle marquise," a mother who desperately wanted to entice a distanced daughter to regularity in an epistolary exchange, a woman of wit and irony.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911137656303321

Autore

Kurpaska Maria <1977->

Titolo

Chinese language(s) : a look through the prism of The Great dictionary of modern Chinese dialects / / by Maria Kurpaska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2010

ISBN

9786612673047

9781282673045

1282673041

9783110219159

3110219158

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Trends in linguistics studies and monographs ; ; 215

Classificazione

EG 9350

Disciplina

495.1/703

Soggetti

Chinese language - Dialects

Chinese language - Phonetics

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of tables, diagrams and illustrations -- Chapter 1. Defining terminology -- Chapter 2. Languages of China -- Chapter 3. The language policy of the People's Republic of China regarding the dialects of Chinese -- Chapter 4. Chinese historical phonetics -- Chapter 5. Classifications of Chinese dialects -- Chapter 6. The classification of Chinese dialects according to The Language Atlas of China -- Chapter 7. Guidelines for field research of Chinese dialects -- Chapter 8. Analysis of The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects -- Chapter 9. Information gathered from The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects -- Chapter 10. Summary and conclusions -- Backmatter



Sommario/riassunto

The major aim of the book is to trace the current structuring of the Chinese language(s) on the ground of Chinese linguistics. The research presented is based on the newest and most renowned sources, namely The Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects, and the Language Atlas of China. The author discusses the role The Great Dictionary plays in analyzing the spectrum of linguistic differentiation in China and gives a detailed account of the kind of information the dictionary provides. As background, she sketches the development and current state of Chinese dialectology and dialect research. One of the author's aims is to show respect for the grand achievement the Dictionary undoubtedly is, but also to emphasize a critical distance to some of the views presented in it. Apart from being an analysis of this particular Dictionary, the book presents data about the state of modern Chinese dialectology. It provides information about different classifications of the dialects and explains on what basis the classifications are made. Looking at Chinese dialectology from a Western point of view, the author aims to understand and present the Chinese perspective. The book fills an important gap in the field of Western sinology. So far, despite lively discussions concerning the status of the varieties of Chinese and their taxonomy, full-scale studies on Chinese dialects have been almost non-existent in the Western World.