Constructing Dialogues, (Re)Constructing the Past: ‘Remembered’ Conversations in Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes
This article explores the uses and functions of dialogue in Frank McCourt’s memoir Angela’s Ashes. Taking conversational dialogue and fictional dialogue as points of comparison, the article argues that dialogue in autobiographical writing is essentially constructed, albeit not in the same way as fic...
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| Language: | English |
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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
2016-05-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Literary Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.linguistik.de/ijll/article/view/58 |