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Dialogism in journalistic discourse

An analysis of Ian McEwan’s “Savagely Awoken”
  • Marina Lambrou
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Dialogue across Media
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Abstract

Drawing on Bakhtin’s (1986 [1929]) idea that language use is dialogic as it is marked by “addressivity” and “answerability” and addresses people and a particular context, this chapter argues that dialogism is also present in a commentary piece because it is part of a continuing, intertextual “dialogue” with previous reports and reporters of similar events as well as its readers, where it functions as “community building.” A discourse stylistic analysis of McEwan’s “Savagely Awoken” commentary identifies how dialogism is created and fulfils the important news values of newsworthiness in this carefully crafted and moving piece of journalistic writing.

Abstract

Drawing on Bakhtin’s (1986 [1929]) idea that language use is dialogic as it is marked by “addressivity” and “answerability” and addresses people and a particular context, this chapter argues that dialogism is also present in a commentary piece because it is part of a continuing, intertextual “dialogue” with previous reports and reporters of similar events as well as its readers, where it functions as “community building.” A discourse stylistic analysis of McEwan’s “Savagely Awoken” commentary identifies how dialogism is created and fulfils the important news values of newsworthiness in this carefully crafted and moving piece of journalistic writing.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Creating characters through dialogue
  6. Pragmatic stylistics and dramatic dialogue 19
  7. Dialogue and character in 21st century TV drama 37
  8. Look who’s talking 55
  9. All talk 77
  10. Part II. Involvement, audience design and social interaction
  11. Studying everyday conversation 95
  12. Dialogic interactions on radio 117
  13. Dialogism in journalistic discourse 137
  14. Friends and followers ‘in the know’ 155
  15. Dialogue with computers 179
  16. Part III. Playfulness and narrative functions of dialogue
  17. Dialogue in Audiophonic Fiction 205
  18. Dialogue in comics 225
  19. Dialogue in video games 251
  20. Dialogue and interaction in role-playing games 271
  21. Index 291
https://doi.org/10.1075/ds.28.08lam

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of contributors vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Part I. Creating characters through dialogue
  6. Pragmatic stylistics and dramatic dialogue 19
  7. Dialogue and character in 21st century TV drama 37
  8. Look who’s talking 55
  9. All talk 77
  10. Part II. Involvement, audience design and social interaction
  11. Studying everyday conversation 95
  12. Dialogic interactions on radio 117
  13. Dialogism in journalistic discourse 137
  14. Friends and followers ‘in the know’ 155
  15. Dialogue with computers 179
  16. Part III. Playfulness and narrative functions of dialogue
  17. Dialogue in Audiophonic Fiction 205
  18. Dialogue in comics 225
  19. Dialogue in video games 251
  20. Dialogue and interaction in role-playing games 271
  21. Index 291
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