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Translation of Autobiography: Narrating self, translating the other
Susan XU Yun
[Benjamins Translation Library 136] 2017
► pp. 41–65

Chapter 2
Language of autobiography

Style and foregrounding

Article outline
  • 2.1Introduction
  • 2.2Literariness in autobiography
    • 2.2.1Criteria of literariness
    • 2.2.2Subjective and objective language
  • 2.3Stylistic analytical framework
    • 2.3.1Foregrounding and familiarization
    • 2.3.2Checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories
    • 2.3.3Functional grammar and transitivity
    • 2.3.4Linguistic criticism
    • 2.3.5Integrated model of stylistic analysis
  • 2.4Foregrounding analysis of Challenge
    • 2.4.1Lexical categories: Underlexicalization
    • 2.4.2Syntactic categories: Contrast
    • 2.4.3Figures of speech: Subtlety
    • 2.4.4Context and cohesion: Enhancement of coherence
  • 2.5Conclusion
  • Notes