Cohesion in the contemporary american short stories as a device of foregrounding

The role of cohesion in the creation of the stylistic device of foregrounding. The quantitative and qualitative aspects of foregrounding (G. Leech) are characterized in the contemporary short stories of the American writers in the genre of flash fiction.

Рубрика Литература
Предмет Literature
Вид статья
Язык английский
Прислал(а) O.V. Yemets
Дата добавления 18.11.2023
Размер файла 25,6 K

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