Rhetorical Structure of a Newspaper Review of the Novel “Death and the Dervish” by Meša Selimović Cover Image

Retorička struktura novinske književne kritike romana „Derviš i smrt“ Meše Selimovića
Rhetorical Structure of a Newspaper Review of the Novel “Death and the Dervish” by Meša Selimović

Author(s): Ivan K. Trifunjagić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Rhetorical structure; coherence; genre; communication intentions; informing; interpretation.

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to show how the analysis of the rhetorical structure of a newspaper review of the novel Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, done from the standpoint of the Theory of Rhetorical Structure (TRS) – the theory of text organization, whose authors are William Mann and Sandra Thompson (1987), reflects the discourse functions of newspaper literary criticism, informing and interpretation, that is, its genre features: news and comment.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 98-109
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian