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دراسة اسلوبية للسخرية في مسرحيتي هاملت لشكسبير وفولبوني بين جونسون == A Stylistic Study of Irony in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Volpone
Author name:
سعد عبد الله مرداس
Supervisor name:
محمد جاسم بطي السعيدي | عماد ابراهيم داود
General topic:
Foreign Languages
Specific topic:
English - Applied Linguistics
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Thi-Qar - College Of Education For Human Sciences - Department Of English Language
Language:
English
University location:
Dhi Qar
First pages:
06T1143 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Irony means a difference between what is said and what is meant. It is not a simple phenomenon. The common definition of irony is saying what is contrary to what is meant. The disparity is between the apparent meaning of words that are written or spoken and a far different meaning under the surface. In this case, the words of the speaker are not literally interpreted.The present study is concerned with reviewing irony within a suitable theoretical background in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Volpone. This study is also concerned with detecting, analyzing and discussing verbal irony, pun and sarcasm in Hamlet and Volpone. It compares the results of analysis and discussion of those types in the two plays. It tries to testify the hypotheses postulated in the study to arrive at some similarities and differences between Hamlet and Volpone through applying the adopted model. The model, which shows the linguistic tools which are used in analyzing the three types of irony, verbal, pun, and sarcasm includes Grice's maxims, politeness principle, echo utterance, pun and sarcasm.It is hypothesized through this study that verbal ironic speeches flout Grice's maxims in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Ben Jonson's Volpone, that pun is more effective and frequently used than the other types of irony in the aforementioned plays, that all the politeness maxims are exploited in the selected plays and that the two dramatists are different in their purposes behind using irony in the selected plays.The study falls into five chapters. It concludes that the number of irony in Hamlet is more than Volpone, although the former play is a tragic one while the latter is comedy. It is also concluded that Shakespeare uses the types of irony which are used by educated people, while Jonson uses the types which are used by uneducated people. Most of verbal ironic speeches in Hamlet are produced by flouting the maxims of quality and manner while, in Volpone, they are produced by flouting the maxim of quality. The less use of sarcasm in Hamlet indicates the bigger number of high class characters compared to Volpone. Concerning Leech's maxims, Shakespeare and Ben Jonson exploit the maxim of agreement only.
