Language and manipulation in House of Cards : a pragma-stylistic perspective / Sandrine Sorlin.
This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing analysis of the first three seasons from the unusual angles of discourse and dialogue. The study of the stylistic idiosyncrasies of the ruthless main protagon...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1: Power & (Fictional) Politics; The Original Novel and€the€'Fictionalization' of€Politics; A Pragma-Stylistic Approach; Manipulation: Definitions and€Theories; Theoretical Frameworks; Book Structure; References; 2: Macrostructure and€Linguistic Characterization; House of€Cards as€a€Modern Tale; Revisiting Greimas's Actantial Model; Pragmatics and€Ideology; From a€Narrative Framework to€a€Model of€Pragmatic Interaction; The (Anti- )Hero's 'Expressive Identity'; Power Relations in€the€Chain of€Being; Spatiotemporal Metaphors.
- Visual and€Textual GrammarReferences; 3: Concealing, Distorting and€Creating Reality; A Postmodern Political Series: The€Era of€(Meta)Communication; Creating News: Media and€Politics; Controlling Public Opinion; Impression Management; Fabricating Possible Worlds; Manipulating Pragmatic Inferences; Insinuating; Counterfactuality; Misinformation; Metadiscursive Deception; Re-Naming and€Euphemizing; Re-Labelling; Words as€Pragmatic Tools; Illusory Perceptions; References; 4: Manipulative Moves: Between Persuasion and€Coercion; Towards a€Pragma-Rhetorical Theory of€Manipulation.
- A 'Manipulative Principle'? The Parasitic Nature of Manipulation; Manipulating Persuasion: Argumentative and Cognitive Views; Negotiating; Constraining Interpretative Effects; A Continuum Between Manipulation and Coercion; Paternalistic Manipulativeness; Coercive Power and Degree of Optionality; Manipulative Threats; References; 5: The Art of Winning Over through Face-Work: Success and Failure; Hybrid Face Acts: The Polite Impoliteness of Cajoling Discourse; Provoking vs Seducing; Provocation: Crushing Face Claims and 'Sociality Rights'
- 'Seduce Him. Give Him Your Heart. Cut It Out and€Put It in€His Fucking Hands' Manipulation Seen Through; Fake Pos-Politeness Exposed; Dismissed Seduction and€Fake Teasing; Face Sensitivities in€the€Underwood Couple; References; 6: Aesthetic Manipulation; Keys to€the€Success of€House of€Cards; Suspense, Surprises and€Shakespearian Echoes; The Power of€the€Second-Person Address; The Cognitive and€Stylistic Manipulation of€the€Viewer; A Rhetoric of€Certainty; Rooting for€the€Anti-Hero; References; 7: Concluding Remarks: Reciprocation and€(Im)Politeness.
- Behind-the-Scenes Politics: Interdependency and€Constraints The Debt/Credit Equation; Media Influence; Manipulative (Im)Politeness; A Cross-Disciplinary Approach; Towards a€Less Irenic Philosophy of€Language; References; Appendix; Reference; Index.