Speech Acts and Literary Theory
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...
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...
