Language and manipulation in house of cards: a pragma-stylistic perspective
Auteur :
Sorlin, Sandrine
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137558473
Date de publication :
23 août 2016
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagonist, Frank Underwood, is completed by a pragmatic and cognitive approach exposing the main characters’ manipulative strategies to win over the other.