02383nam 2200433 450 991081743660332120190826145055.090-04-33983-310.1163/9789004339835(CKB)3710000001009197(MiAaPQ)EBC4790401(OCoLC)966744985(OCoLC)962794386(nllekb)BRILL9789004339835(PPN)243129149(EXLCZ)99371000000100919720161216d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierConrad's narrative voice stylistic aspects of his fiction /Werner SennLeiden :Brill,[2017]1 online resource (272 pages)Conrad Studies,1872-1737 ;1090-04-33982-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Vocabulary and Language of Fact -- Negation, Privation, Absence -- Sight and Insight -- Physiognomy: Eyes, Faces, Looks -- Character Reference -- Conjecture, Estrangement, and Distancing -- Free Indirect Style -- Conclusion: Narrative Voice -- Appendix: Tables -- Bibliography -- Index.Werner Senn’s Conrad’s Narrative Voice draws on the methodology of linguistic stylistics and the analysis of narrative discourse to discuss Joseph Conrad’s perception of the role and the limitations of language. Tracing recurrent linguistic patterns allows Senn to demonstrate that Conrad’s view of the radical indeterminacy of the world is conveyed on the most basic levels of the author’s (often criticised) verbal style but permeates his work at all levels of the narrative. Detailed stylistic analysis also reveals the importance, to Conrad, of the spoken word, of oral communication. Senn argues that the narrators’ compulsive efforts to make their readers see and understand reflect Conrad’s ethics of human solidarity in a world he depicts as hostile, enigmatic and often senseless.Conrad Studies10.Criticism, interpretation, etc.fast823/.912Senn Werner555298NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910817436603321Conrad's narrative voice983392UNINA