Captain Wentworth s letter to Anne Elliot, Jane Austen s Persuasion, writing style, phonocentrism

Literary analysis of a device of Jane Austens writing style, which she uses in both the novel Persuasion (notably in Captain Wentworths letter to Anne Elliot) and in her own letters: phonocentrism photocentric language. Many people adore the realness authenticity of Jane Austens writing style in the lecture, I analyse one way that Jane Austen constructs artificial realness authenticity, which is to assume phonocentricity. OUTLINE Definition explanation of phonocentrism phonocentric language Analysis of Jane Austens use of phonocentric textual construction in her own letters to Cassandra Examination of an example of how Jane Austen depicts phonocentrism in her novels: Captain Wentworths beautiful loveletter to Anne Elliot at the end of the novel Persuasion (incl. analysis of the cancelled chapters of Persuasion). You can see the manuscript of the cancelled chapters of Persuasion here