This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction. It starts from the premise that fictional texts are complex and multi-layered communicative acts which deserve attention in pragmatic research in their own right, and it highlights the need to understand them as cultural artefacts rich in possibilities to explore pragmatic effects and pragmatic theorising. The issues covered are (1) the participation structure of fictional texts, (2) the performance aspect of fictional texts, (3) the interaction between readers and viewers and the fictional texts, as well as (4) the pragmatic effects of drawing on indexical linguistic features for evoking ideologies in characterisation.
This title is also available online as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Series: Elements in Pragmatics
Online ISBN: 9781009091688
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 09 March 2023
Element contents
- Summary
- 1 Introducing Fiction and Pragmatics
- 1.1 Setting the Scene
- 1.2 Outline of the Element
- 2 Participation Structure
- 2.1 Towards a Dynamic Model of Participation Structure
- 2.2 Written Fiction
- 2.3 Performed Fiction
- 2.4 Telecinematic Fiction
- 2.5 Summary
- 3 Performance
- 3.1 Introducing Research Avenues into Performance and Fiction
- 3.2 Written Fiction
- 3.3 Performed Fiction
- 3.4 Telecinematic Fiction
- 3.5 Summary
- 4 Interaction
- 4.1 Introducing Research Avenues into Interaction with Fiction
- 4.2 Written Fiction
- 4.3 Performed Fiction
- 4.4 Telecinematic Fiction
- 4.5 Summary
- 5 Discourse and Ideologies through Character Creation
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- 5.1 Introducing the Connection between Character Creation and Ideologies
- 5.2 Written Fiction
- 5.3 Performed Fiction
- 5.4 Telecinematic Fiction
- 5.5 Summary
- 6 Conclusions and Outlook
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- 6.1 Pragmatics and Fiction
- 6.2 Outlook
- Acknowledgements
- Funding Statement
- Pragmatics
- Pragmatics
- Footnotes
- References