A Pragmatic Study of Shakespeare's

Shaboun, Abdel Moneam Lotfy; Salah El-Din, Ahmed; Abdel Kader, Ahmed Youssef

doi:10.21608/jfpsu.2023.185831.1249

	A Pragmatic Study of Shakespeare's "King Lear": King vs. Father
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Article 3, Volume 25, Issue 25, July 2023, Page 1-27 PDF (569.68 K)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2023.185831.1249
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Authors
Abdel Moneam Lotfy Shaboun ¹; Ahmed Salah El-Din²; Ahmed Youssef Abdel Kader¹
¹Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Port Said University, Egypt
²Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Zagazig University, Egypt
Abstract
This study aims pragmatically at investigating the linguistic behavior of the main character, Lear, in Shakespeare`s masterpiece “King Lear”. It specifically applies John Searle`s Speech Act Theory (1977), and Brown and Levinson`s Politeness Theory (1987) to Lear`s utterances to his three daughters in order to explain how these two pragmatic tools amazingly add further insight into understanding Lear`s character perfectly and help unveil his true relation to his daughters as being a king or a father. The study uses both the quantitative and qualitative methods for detecting and interpreting Lear`s utterances throughout the play. The conclusion proves that Lear`s relation to his daughters is rather a kingly one. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى التحقق التداولي من السلوك اللغوي للشخصية الرئيسية ، لير ، في تحفة شكسبير "الملك لير". طبقت على وجه التحديد نظرية جون سيرل في أفعال الكلام (1977)، ونظرية التأدب لبراون وليفينسون (1987) على أقوال لير لبناته الثلاث من أجل شرح كيف أن هاتان الأداتان التداوليتان تضيفان مزيدًا من التبصر في فهم شخصية لير بشكل مثالي وكيف أنهما تساعدان في الكشف عن علاقته الحقيقية ببناته كملك أو كأب. تستخدم الدراسة كلاً من الأساليب الكمية والنوعية لتتبع وتفسير كلام لير خلال المسرحية. يثبت الاستنتاج أن علاقة لير ببناته هي بالأحرى علاقة ملكية.
Keywords
pragmatics; speech acts; politeness; Lear; التداولية; أفعال الكلام; التأدب; لير


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A Pragmatic Study of Shakespeare's "King Lear": King vs. Father