A Stylistic Approach to Power Relation Shifts in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible | ||||
مجلة کلية الآداب .جامعة بورسعيد | ||||
Article 5, Volume 21, Issue 21, July 2022, Page 22-40 PDF (375.34 K) | ||||
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.74436.1087 | ||||
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Mohamed Elsayed Ibrahim Elashrey | ||||
English Department, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The present paper tackles the concept of power relations and surveys some of the specific techniques, in which power relations are represented in the language of two major characters in Arthur Millers’ The Crucible. The researcher adopts Brown and Levinson’s (1978) Politeness theory and Culpeper’s (2011) Impoliteness to contrast the language of the two major characters, namely, John Proctor and Mary Warren. The objective of the study is to highlight how the two theories contrast each other and how they can be used to manifest the power embodied in the use of language. The study highlights how the characters in the text world gain power over their superordinate by examining their language that signifies social and religious power. تتناول هذه الورقة مفهوم علاقات القوة کما تستعرض بعض التقنيات المحددة التي تعکس علاقات القوة في لغة شخصيتين رئيسيتين في مسرحية البوتقة لآرثر ميلر. يتبنى الباحث نظرية التأدب لبراون وليفينسون (1978) واللاتأدب لکولبيبر (2011) لمقارنة لغة الشخصيتين الرئيسيتين، وهما جون بروکتور وماري وارين. الهدف من الدراسة هو إبراز کيف تتباين النظريتان مع بعضهما البعض وکيف يمکن استخدامهما لإظهار علاقة القوة متجسدة في استخدام اللغة. تسلط الدراسة الضوء على کيف تکتسب الشخصيات في عالم النص القوة على مرؤوسيهم من خلال تحليل لغتهم التي تعکس القوة الاجتماعية والدينية. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Power relations; Politeness; Impoliteness; Religious authority; The Crucible; علاقات القوة; نظرية التأدب; نظرية اللا تأدب; السلطة الدينية; البوتقة | ||||
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