Pandey Monolingualism and Linguistic Exhibitionism in Fiction

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-34036-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 313 Seiten, eBook

How are linguistic wars for global prominence literarily and linguistically inscribed in literature? This book focuses on the increasing presence of cosmetic multilingualism in prize-winning fiction, making a case for an emerging transparent-turn in which momentary multilingualism works in the service of long-term monolingualism.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pandey, Anjali

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Languages in Literature 1. The Place of Languages in the Space of Post-globalism: Bilingualism, Bullhorns and Blunders 2. Award-cultures in the Era of Post-globalization: Prize-winning in a 'Flat'-World 3. In-'visible' Multingualness: Linguistic Exhibitionism in the Post-global Turn 4. Outsourcing English: Liberty, Linguistic Lust, and Loathing In Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger 5. Curried English: Flawed Fluency, Markedness and Diglossia in Brick Lane 6. Language Liquidation versus Language Appropriation: Tracing the Trajectory of Linguistic Death and Unease in Unaccustomed Earth; Jhumpa Lahiri 7. Linguistic Insecurity and Linguistic Imperialism: Resuscitating Renaissance 'Re-Linguiscism' in Salman Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence Conclusion: What is Linguistic Exhibitionism Good For?

Über Autor(innen)

Anjali Pandey is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Salisbury University, USA. She is a previous winner of the Vogel Award of Teaching Excellence in North Dakota, recipient of the Welcome Fellowship from the Maryland Higher Education Commission, and three-time winner of discretionary language projects for multilingual newcomers from the United States Department of Education.