The demotic voice in contemporary British fiction

Description:

This book is an assessment of narrative technique in contemporary British fiction, focusing on the experimental use of the demotic voice (regional or national dialects). The book examines the work of James Kelman, Graham Swift, Will Self and Martin Amis, amongst many others, from a practical as well as theoretical perspective.

subjects: English fiction,  History and criticism,  Sociolinguistics in literature,  Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature,  Narration (Rhetoric),  English fiction, history and criticism, 21st century,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literary essays,  Literary theory,  Literature