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T1 Conversations between British and Indian Characters in A Passage to India: A Reappraisal of Politeness Theory
A1 Martínez-Cabeza Lombardo, Miguel A.
AB This article investigates the discoursive dimension of literary textsat the level of character’s interaction drawing its evidence from E.M.Forster’s A Passage to India (1924). Firstly, the main categories proposedby Brown and Levinson (1978, 1987) in their seminal study of‘politeness phenomena’ are presented together with some of the questionsraised by the application of the theory to social psychology andstylistic analyses. This model is the applied to fictional conversationsbetween British and Indian participants in order to discover the wayslinguistic strategies are selected to limit other participant’s freedom(‘negative face’) or challenge their personal image (‘positive face’).This selection of verbal strategies will convey information about powerrelations, and the way speakers react to these circumstances. Tentativeconclusions call for revision and further research.
PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
YR 1994
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RD 27-nov-2024