Feminist narratology? Literary and linguistic perspectives on gender and narrativity

Language and Literature

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-56

  Page, Ruth E ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse colony; Feminist linguistics; Feminist narratology; Narrativity; Roberts, Mich le; Une Glossaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745087041     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096394700301200103     Document Type: Article

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