Transformational texts: genre, discourse and subjectivity in the self-help book
This research used selected structuralist and post-structuralist theory to investigate the notions of genre, discourse and subjectivity in the contemporary self-help book. It argues that these texts have links with classical and modern ethics of optimum living and are predicated on an ontology of tr...
Main Author: | Collingsworth, Jean |
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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2011
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Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7536/1/549555.pdf |
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