186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary analysis. Speech-act theory emphasizes the social reality created when speakers agree that their language is performative - Austin's term for utterances like: "we hereby declare" or "I promise" that produce... Read more
Part I: Beginnings; 1. Saying versus Doing 2. Saying Equals Doing 3. Saying, Doing, and Writing; Part II: Applications; 4. Austin and Searle Together and Apart 5. Textual Illocution 6. Performing the Performative 7. The Prose of the World; Part III: Challenges; 8. Locution, Illocution, and Deconstruction 9. Performativities; Bibliography; Index
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