Mastropierro, Lorenzo.

Corpus Stylistics in Heart of Darkness and Its Italian Translations. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages) - Corpus and Discourse Series . - Corpus and Discourse Series .

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A Corpus Stylistic Approach to the Study of Literary Translation -- 2. Africa and Africans in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness -- 3. Texts, Corpora, Methods -- 4. From Lexis to Themes: The Keyword Analysis -- 5. 'A Place of Darkness': The Fictional Representation of the African Jungle -- 6. 'Black Things': The Fictional Representation of the African Natives -- 7. Applying PCA to the Study of Literary Translation -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Texts in the Reference Corpora -- Appendix 2: Larger Word Plots -- Notes -- References -- Index.

9781350013551


Discourse analysis, Literary.


Electronic books.

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