Politeness in Shakespeare [[electronic resource] ] : applying Brown and Levinson's politeness theory to Shakespeare's comedies / / Abdelaziz Bouchara

• Autore: Bouchara Abdelaziz
• Pubblicazione: Hamburg, : Diplomica Verlag, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (120 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.3; 822.3/3; 822.33
• Soggetto topico: Etiquette in literature; Etiquette
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Politeness in Shakespeare; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Brown and Levinson model: some central concepts; 3 Politeness theory and literary discourse; 4 Applying the model to four Shakespearean comedies; 5 Conclusion; 6. References; 7 Appendix; Abdelaziz Bouchara
• Sommario/riassunto: Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson have proposed that power (P), distance (D), and the ranked extremity (R) of a face-threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. This claim is tested here for Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night. The comedies are used because: (1) dramatic texts provide the best information on colloquial speech of the period; (2) the psychological soliloquies in the comedies provide the access to inner life that is necessary for a proper
• Titolo autorizzato: Politeness in Shakespeare
• ISBN: 3-8366-2753-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458933403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II