: the transformation of experience in oral narrative Labov, William creator Labov, William text Cambridge : CAMBRIDGE University Press ©2013 monographic eng

print

xii, 239 pages ; 23 cm Labov extends his widely used framework for narrative analysis to matters of greatest human concern: accounts of the danger of death, violence, premonitions and large-scale community conflicts. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an analysis of how it is done Introduction to the language of life and death -- Narrative analysis -- The escalation of violence -- Confrontations with deah -- Premonitions and communication with the dead -- Margie Knott: "Her confrontation with the neighbors" -- Gloria Stein: "They stoned the house" -- Rose Norman: "The death of her younger sister" -- Mary Costa: "The death of her youngest daughter" -- Cache County -- Ther vernacular origin of epic style -- Historians' use of narrative -- Thomas Babington Macaulay: "The death of Monmouth" -- S.T. Bindoff: "The death of Elizabeth" -- 2 Samuel: "The death of Absalom" -- The narrative view of death and life." / William Labov Literature Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures Discourse analysis, Narrative Storytelling Narration (Rhetoric) Experience of life Narrative art Muntligt berättande Storytelling 808.036 LAB 9781107656819 :International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi 220110 20220202151431.0