Non observance of Grice’s conversational quality maxim in Marlowe’s dr. Faustus

Other Title(s)

الانحراف عن القاعدة النوعية بنظرية كرايس في مسرحية "الدكتور فاوستس" للكاتب مارلو

Author

Sallumi, Azhar Hasan

Source

مجلة الأستاذ للعلوم الإنسانية و الاجتماعية : مجلة علمية محكمة فصلية

Publisher

University of Baghdad College of Education for Human Science / Ibn Rushd

Publication Date

2018-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

12

Main Subjects

Literature

English Abstract

This paper investigates the dispute of implication in Marlow's Faustus.

observed from a Grecian perspective.

Considering the acts on non-observance (violating or flouting ) of Grecian quality maxim .Conversational interactions are elected and analyzed.

Marlow's play is picked for this study as it totally rests on on illusory where Faustus and other characters intentionally state mendacious speeches.

The study reveals that relatively all the characters in Dr.

Faustus violate the quality maxim via telling falsehoods, using irony and opposing notions.

The motives behind this violation diverge from discarding awkwardness to misleading other people.

In violation .the receiver will not realize the truth and mstead he / s will build his / her understanding on the external meaning of the words.

Further .

flouting Quality maxim leads the interlocutors (audience) to create a rooted meaning (implicature) rather than misleading.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-855111

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