A Study of Irony in The Merchant of Venice from the Perspective of Speech Act Theory  

作　　者：HU Xiao-min CHEN Zheng 

机构地区：[1]College of Foreign Language Studies,University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,Shanghai,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2021年第9期671-676,共6页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The Merchant of Venice is one of the four classic comedies of Shakespeare.In this work,the author skillfully depicts the characters in the novel with a sharp irony,making the drama plot interlocking.Based on the Austin-Searle’s Speech Act Theory,this paper makes a macro and micro analysis of the ironic speech act in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice,mainly from the literal irony,situational irony,dramatic irony three aspects of the macro-analysis of speech acts as well as the elaboration,directive,commitment,expressive irony for the micro-analysis.

关 键 词：speech act theory IRONY The Merchant of Venice 

分 类 号：R68[医药卫生—骨科学]