Open AccessThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: The Construction of Othering in Edward Bliss Emerson's Caribbean Journal of 1831-1832
Author(s) -
Alma Simounet
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1239
Subject(s) - bliss , depiction , rhetorical question , grammar , vocabulary , sociology , rhetorical device , aesthetics , history , literature , linguistics , art , philosophy , computer science , programming language
This paper examines the vocabulary, grammar structures and rhetorical devices that appear in Edward Emerson’s journal based on his trip to the Caribbean. The end-in-view is to identify the devices that Emerson utilized, mostly unconsciously, in his depiction and construction of others; in the case of this journal, of the peoples he encountered in the Caribbean. The methodological approach of critical discourse analysis guides this examination.