Mathilde Ollivier examines a stylistic feature of Lautréamont’s work in the light of Austin’s linguistic theories: the narrator’s very rhetorical speech is often highly performative, with Ducasse enjoying bringing a world to life at will, purely through the power of assertion.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-14191-4
EAN:9782406141914
ISSN: 2607-754X
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14191-4.p.0211
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 10-05-2022
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Lautréamont, Maldoror, Ducasse, Austin, performativity, language, rhetoric, linguistics, illocutory, power of saying, doing.