TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mildorf, Jarmila
T1  - Constructing dialogues, (re)constructing the past : "remembered" conversations in Frank McCourt’s Angela’s ashes
T2  - International journal of literary linguistics : IJLL
N2  - This article explores the uses and functions of dialogue in Frank McCourt’s memoir Angela’s Ashes. Taking conversational dialogue and fictional dialogue as points of comparison, the article argues that dialogue in autobiographical writing is essentially constructed, albeit not in the same way as fictional dialogue is. Dialogue as a means of dramatisation raises questions regarding factuality and fictionality. In McCourt’s memoir, dialogue is shown to serve numerous functions: characterisation and stereotyping; selfpositioning and indirect stance-marking; the creation of verisimilitude, humour and reader involvement.
KW  - constructed dialogue
KW  - fictional dialogue
KW  - conversational dialogue
KW  - autobiographical writing
KW  - fictionality
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48407
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-484074
SN  - 2194-5594
N1  - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
VL  - 6
IS  - 2, Art. 3
SP  - 1
EP  - 25
PB  - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
CY  - Mainz, Germany
ER  -