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DIMENSION DISCURSIVE DES REFERENCES CULTURELLES DANS NEDJMA DE KATEB YACINE. ANALYSE PRAGMATIQUE DE DISCOURS
The discursive dimension of cultural references in Nedjma by Kateb Yacine. A pragmatic analysis of the discourse

Author(s): Malika Kebbas
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: J. R. Searle; Kateb Yacine; cultural reference

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to analyse, in the light of J. R. Searle’s works on reference, the discoursive valences of cultural references as they appear in a passage from the novel Nedjma by the Algerian writer Kateb Yacine. The first part of the paper deals with the description of Searle’s view on the matter, while the second part is applied to some excerpts from the above-mentioned novel (especially proper names, references of historical and ideological nature, metaphorizations).

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 323-333
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French
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