Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile
Author | : Catalina Florina Florescu |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2017-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781498539463 |
ISBN-13 | : 1498539467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (467 Downloads) |
Download or read book Transnational Narratives in Englishes of Exile written by Catalina Florina Florescu and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monolingual, monolithic English is an issue of the past. In this collection, by using cinema, poetry, art, and novels we demonstrate that English has become the heteroglossic language of immigration – Englishes of exile. By appropriating its plural form we pay respect to all those who have been improving standard English, thus proving that one may be born in a language as well as give birth to a language or add to it one’s own version. The story of the immigrant, refugee, exile, expatriate is everybody’s story, and without migration, we could not evolve our human race.