Acting, rhetoric, and interpretation in selected novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Saul Bellow.0820463299 Acting, rhetoric, and interpretation in selected novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald Noun 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald - United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald & Saul Bellow Noun 1. Saul Bellow - United States author (born in Canada) whose novels influenced American literature after World War II (1915-2005) Solomon Bellow, Bellow . Assadi, Jamal. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2006 188 pages $64.95 Hardcover PS3511 Assadi (English, College of Sakhnin for Teacher Education, Israel) approaches works by Fitzgerald and Bellow bellow one of the voices of cattle. Usually refers to the arrogant call of the bull used to announce territorial rights. Abnormalities of the voice include hoarseness as in rabies, or continuous repetition as in nervous acetonemia. See also low, moo. in terms of the conflicts between rhetorical people and serious people, players and doers, artifices and realities, words and the world, and multivocal and univocal interpretations. Assadi argues that Fitzgerald's and Bellow's treatment of the concepts of actors and acting provides insights into the use of the trope trope n. 1. A figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways, such as a metaphor. 2. A word or phrase interpolated as an embellishment in the sung parts of certain medieval liturgies. by recent critics. His argument leads to a call for refinement and modification of current literary theories. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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