Abstract
This study unveils some strategies deployed by James
Joyce to manipulate the reader when they experience
textual patterns to decipher meaning from the text.
Investigating Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man, this study delves into how the reader is
pragmatically positioned and cognitively (mis)directed
as Joyce guides their attention and influences their
judgment. Thus, the text is a tool in the hand of the
reader which evokes certain responses in readers and
makes them invest time and struggle in understanding
the text. Joyces use of speech categories and their speech
acts or their summaries are crucial determining factors
for the scales and corresponding modes of discourse
presentation (Semino and Short 2004,p.19). The study
concludes by providing the significant and functional
role of the interplay between two highly complex
discourse phenomena: speech acts and discourse
presentation.
Authors
1-Muhammad Ajmal Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.2-Ayaz Afsar Dean, Languages and Literature, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.3-Mehwish Malghani Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Keywords
Manipulating the Reader, Discourse Presentation, Speech Acts, Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation
DOI Number
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-II).05
Page Nos
25-33
Volume & Issue
IV - II