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A Study of Irony in The Merchant of Venice from the Perspective of Speech Act Theory
HU Xiao-min, CHEN Zheng
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2021.09.008
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
The Merchant of Venice is one of the four classic comedies of Shakespeare. In this work, the author skillfully depicts the characters in the novel with a sharp irony, making the drama plot interlocking. Based on the Austin-Searle’s Speech Act Theory, this paper makes a macro and micro analysis of the ironic speech act in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, mainly from the literal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony three aspects of the macro-analysis of speech acts as well as the elaboration, directive, commitment, expressive irony for the micro-analysis.
speech act theory, irony, The Merchant of Venice
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, September 2021, Vol. 11, No. 9, 671-676
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