33 research outputs found
Construing the child reader: a cognitive stylistic analysis of the opening to Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (2009) charts the story of Nobody Owens, a boy who is adopted by supernatural entities in the local graveyard after his family is murdered. This article draws on the notion of the “construed reader,” and combines two cognitive stylistic frameworks to analyse the opening section of the novel. In doing so, the article explores the representation and significance of the family home in relation to what follows in the narrative. The analysis largely draws on Text World Theory (Werth, 1999; Gavins, 2007), but also integrates some aspects of Cognitive Grammar (Langacker, 2008), which allows for a more nuanced discussion of textual features. The article pays particular attention to the way Gaiman frames his narrative and positions his reader to view the fictional events from a distinctive vantage point and subsequently demonstrates that a stylistic analysis of children’s literature can lay bare how such writing is designed with a young readership in mind
Kota antah berantah
Buku ini merupakan sebuah cerpen yang menceritakan tentang hidup Richard Mayhew di London biasa - biasa saja. Dia punya pekerjaan bagus dan tunangan cantik. Suatu hari dia menemukan gadis gelandangan yang terkapar berdarah di jalan. Richard menolong gadis itu - dan hidupnya yang biasa mengholang begitu saja. Tiba - tiba Richard tak punya pekerjaan, rumah, tunngan, bahkan identitas. Ia terlempar masuk London Bawah yang sangat berbeda. London yang terdiri atas bayangan, kegelapan, monster,pembunuh, malaikat, dan segalahal ajaib lainnya. London yang berada dalam labirin kanal - kanal saluran pembuangan dan stssiun kereta bawah tanah. Inilan dunia Door, gadis gelandangan yang ditolongnya. Tanpa tujuan dan pilihan, Richard terpaksa bergabung dengan Door, pengawalnya Hunter, dan marquis de carabas. Mereka berusaha mencari pembunuh keluarga Door sambil menghindar dari berbagai bahaya yang menghadang. Dan mungkin di akhir perjalanan ini Richard bisa kembali ke hidupnya di London atas
Batman to the caped crusader : the deluxe edition/ Gaiman
hat tak beraturan : ill.; 28 cm
The Day the Saucers Came
A poem about the end of the world and how we perceive (or don’t) major events because of personal events
The Day the Saucers Came
A poem about the end of the world and how we perceive (or don’t) major events because of personal events