A Pragmatic Stylistic Interpretation of Pride and Prejudice
The background of Pride and Prejudice is the late 18th century and the early 19th century.At that time,English towns and villages were very conservative and the news was blocked.The writer fully described the world and human feelings in this background with delicate words.Therefore,the author chooses the novel Pride and Prejudice,and uses classic theories-cooperative principle and speech acting theory to analyze the characters in Pride and Prejudice and study the pragmatic functions of the style,aiming at exploring how Austin skillfully designed dialogues to shape the characters and expose social problems,which helps readers to better understand the deep meaning and rich features of the language in the novel.
pragmatic stylisticsthe principle of cooperationspeech acting theory