TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sanger,Keith
TI  - The language of drama
T2  - Intertext
SN  - 0415214238
AV  - PN1631 S26 2001
U1  - 809.2 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Drama
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 97) and indexes; TOC; Are you sitting comfortably? --
What is drama? --
The place --
The set --
Characters --
Exposition --
Openings --
Realism: telling it like it is? --
Realism --
Adjacency pairs --
Real conversation at work --
The co-operative principle --
Soaps --
Presentation of character: non-standard language --
Dialect --
Standard English --
The Shakespearean protagonist --
The soliloquy --
Storytelling --
Labov's narrative categories --
Cohesion --
Structure --
The grammar of sound --
Rhythm and stress --
Book to film --
What? No narrator?; English
N2  - Summary:	
"This satellite textbook in the Routledge Intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on drama. Written in a clear, user-friendly style by a practising teacher, it combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries and suggestions for further activities. It can be used individually or in conjunction with the series core textbook, Working with Texts: A core book for language analysis." "Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students."--BOOK JACKET
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/00032307-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/00032307-b.html
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/language-of-drama/oclc/43903632&referer=brief_results
UR  - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/6317
ER  -