Non-literary communicative acts in literary style

Many literary texts prove a tendency to simulate features of diverse communicative acts, styles and genres that are primarily applied in non-literary spheres of communication (for instance journalism, administration, science). The aim of this paper is to suggest a possible theoretical framework for...

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Published in:Jazykovedný časopis 2022-06, Vol.73 (1), p.101-112
Main Author: Mareš, Petr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
functions
interdiscursivity
literary style
non-literary texts
paratextual and textual cues
simulating
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Summary:Many literary texts prove a tendency to simulate features of diverse communicative acts, styles and genres that are primarily applied in non-literary spheres of communication (for instance journalism, administration, science). The aim of this paper is to suggest a possible theoretical framework for this phenomenon and to describe some ways of simulating non-literary styles in literary texts. The aforementioned simulating can be seen as a form of interdiscursivity that introduces external elements into literary texts. The functioning of it is conditioned by a process of decontextualization and recontextualization that is signalled by various paratextual and textual cues. Taking three Czech prosaic works as examples, the concrete use of this form of interdiscursivity is illustrated in the last part of the paper.
ISSN:1338-4287
1338-4287
DOI:10.2478/jazcas-2022-0031