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Why are Dickens' characters so fascinating? In spite of the exaggeration in the portrayal why do they appear realistic? Here you will learn: Dickens' position in the tradition of the novel. Contrast and comparison with other novelists. Characters from different social/ regional backgrounds, each having his/her typical expressions. Speech variation in inter-personal relationship, power, topic and situation. Linguistic prejudices, use of jargons, communication skills, misunderstandings, among other devices, enriching speech depiction in Dickens' novels. Dickens' stylistic innovations and…mehr

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Why are Dickens' characters so fascinating? In spite of the exaggeration in the portrayal why do they appear realistic? Here you will learn: Dickens' position in the tradition of the novel. Contrast and comparison with other novelists. Characters from different social/ regional backgrounds, each having his/her typical expressions. Speech variation in inter-personal relationship, power, topic and situation. Linguistic prejudices, use of jargons, communication skills, misunderstandings, among other devices, enriching speech depiction in Dickens' novels. Dickens' stylistic innovations and specialities co-related with techniques, insights of modern linguistics.
Autorenporträt
Pratibha Verma was a college teacher in A. N. College, Patna, Magadh University, Bihar, India. Her papers have been published in eminent journals, primarily on feminism, sociolinguistics and stylistics. Her recent publication has been online: Shaw's Pygmalion: Social Variation of Speech in London (Langlit, vol.2 Issue 3, 2016. An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal). Her paper in print on Booker Prize winner: Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things: A Study in Feminine Sensibility and Aspects of Style, can be read in (Indian Women Writers, ed. R.K. Dhawan, Prestige, India, 2001) She has been included in Indo -Asean Who's Who 2003.