Exploring French Text Analysis

<p><em>Exploring French Text Analysis</em> introduces students of French to a range of methods of text analysis including stylistics and discourse analysis.<br>The editors provide a clear framework for analysing written French critically. Through a series of commentaries on a range of texts by different contributors they present a variety of models for readers to follow.<br>The texts have been carefully chosen both to illustrate key points of language analysis and to present a picture of national identity. Texts including adverts newspapers magazines travel writing fiction and political texts cover a range of topics such as food sport law and the arts. The book also includes a comprehensive glossary of linguistic terms.</p>