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دراسة تداولية للمبالغة في الروايات البريطانية والامريكية == A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF EXAGGERATION IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN NOVELS
Author name:
فاطمة رحمن مخيف
Supervisor name:
قاسم عباس ضايف الطفيلي
General topic:
Foreign Languages
Specific topic:
English - Language
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Babylon - College Of Education For Human Sciences
Language:
English
University location:
Babylon
First pages:
06T1064 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The main concern of this study is to tackle exaggeration in two representative novels. One is British and the other is American. These two novels are : Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald respectively. From a pragmatic point of view, exaggeration in the field of literature has not been given enough attention. Accordingly, this study is an attempt to analyze exaggeration pragmatically by using an eclectic model. Thus, it concerns itself with achieving the following aims : (1)investigating the kinds of speech acts through which the exaggeration language occurs and specifying the kinds which are highly used in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (2)identifying the devices of exaggeration and specifying the devices which are mostly employed in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (3)showing how exaggerators pragmatically proceed the Politeness Principle and the Cooperative Principle in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (4)figuring out the pragmatic functions of exaggeration and highlighting those which are extremely used in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (5)figuring out whether the British English or the American English is more exaggerated than the other. In relation to the abovementioned aims, the following hypotheses are tested : (1)various kinds of speech acts through which the exaggeration language occurs can be used and certain kinds of them are highly used in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (2)a variety of devices of exaggeration are used and certain devices score higher frequency of use than others in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (3)the Politeness Principle and the Cooperative Principle are violated in The Great Gatsby more than in Mrs. Dalloway, (4)there are different pragmatic functions for exaggeration and certain functions are extremely used in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby, (5)the American English is more exaggerated than the British English. To test the validity of these hypotheses, certain procedures have been followed : (1) surveying the relevant literature on exaggeration in general and its pragmatic perspective in particular, (2) analyzing exaggeration pragmatically in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby according to an eclectic model developed by this study, (3) using a statistical method, represented by the percentage equation, to calculate the results of the analysis. The results of the analysis prove the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth hypotheses. This study consists of four chapters. Chapter One introduces the problem, aims, hypotheses, procedures, limits, and value of the study. Chapter Two is devoted to presenting a theoretical framework on exaggeration and its pragmatic perspective. Chapter Three presents a discussion for the data of the work, and a practical analysis of exaggeration in the selected novels. Chapter Four sums up conclusions, introduces recommendations, and goes over suggestions for further studies.
