Politeness in Shakespeare : applying Brown and Levinson's politeness theory to Shakespeare's comedies / Abdelaziz Bouchara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bouchara, Abdelaziz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Etiquette in literature.

Etiquette.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Diplomica Verlag, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783836627535

3836627531

OCLC:

679422987