In The Conspiracy of the Text, first published in 1986, Jeff Adams looks at an early stage in childhood to examine the ways in which children create social organisation and moral order. Adams shows how certain narratives, such as fairy tales, serve as a foundation for this system, and does this through a fascinating linguistic analysis of a young girl’s reading of her favourite fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast. This title will be of interest to students of literary theory and linguistics.
ISBN: | 9781138688766 |
Publication date: | 9th January 2018 |
Author: | Jeff Adams |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 160 pages |
Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory |
Genres: |
Linguistics Literature: history and criticism Literary theory Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics Language learning: reading skills |