Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare
Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare
Scenes of Thanking in Shakespeare's Plays
Beloufa, Chahra
Taylor & Francis Ltd
05/2024
216
Dura
Inglês
9781032727141
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Part I: Thanking in the Elizabethan World
1.1. The Early Modern Lexicon of "Thanking"
1.2.1. Eucharist and Thanksgiving
1.2.2. Performing Grace versus Saying "Thanks"
1.3. Thanking in Early Modern England: From a Learned Habit to an Institutionalised Social Norm?
1.3.1. Festive Thanking
1.4. Prayer: Spiritual Economy of Thanking
1.5. Benedicam Dominum: Singing Benefits
1.6. Thankfulness and Beneficence: A Treatise of Christian Beneficence
1.7. Charitable Giving and the Thanksgiving of the Poor in Early Modern England
1.8. Urban Patronage in England and the Importance of Giving
1.9. Gift and Graceful Language
1.10. A Gentleman's "Thanks": Images of Courtesy
1.11. Women's Thanks: "The Churching of Women" or the "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth"
1.12. Gratitude and Erasmus: On Giving Thanks and Liberality
1.13. Kindness and Gratitude
Conclusion
Part II: The Art of Thanking in Shakespeare: Scene Focus
2.1. Thanking as a Verbal and Non-Verbal Activity in Theatre
2.2. Thanks as a Politeness Sensitive Speech Event
2.3. Theories of Politeness
2.4. Politeness in Dramatic Dialogue
2.5. Thanking in Pragmatics
2.6. Thanking and Not Thanking in Shakespeare
2.7. Diplomatic Thankings in Shakespeare: A Political Super Strategy to Characters' Empowerment
2.8. "The poorest service is repaid with thanks" The Importance of Giving when Thanking is Not Enough, the case of The Merchant of Venice
2.9. "Do so, and After Two Days I Will Discharge Thee" (Tem. 1.2.): Characters Waiting for Restitution and Recompense
2.10. Excessive Giving of Thanks and Gifts: The Way to Misanthropy in Timon of Athens
2.11. "We Met Here Both to Thank and to Remember" (Cor.2.2): The Role of Memory in Giving Thanks in Shakespeare's Plays
2.12. Ceremonial Thanksgiving on the Stage: Prayer and Sacrifice in Pericles and Cymbeline
Conclusion
General Conclusion
Part I: Thanking in the Elizabethan World
1.1. The Early Modern Lexicon of "Thanking"
1.2.1. Eucharist and Thanksgiving
1.2.2. Performing Grace versus Saying "Thanks"
1.3. Thanking in Early Modern England: From a Learned Habit to an Institutionalised Social Norm?
1.3.1. Festive Thanking
1.4. Prayer: Spiritual Economy of Thanking
1.5. Benedicam Dominum: Singing Benefits
1.6. Thankfulness and Beneficence: A Treatise of Christian Beneficence
1.7. Charitable Giving and the Thanksgiving of the Poor in Early Modern England
1.8. Urban Patronage in England and the Importance of Giving
1.9. Gift and Graceful Language
1.10. A Gentleman's "Thanks": Images of Courtesy
1.11. Women's Thanks: "The Churching of Women" or the "Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth"
1.12. Gratitude and Erasmus: On Giving Thanks and Liberality
1.13. Kindness and Gratitude
Conclusion
Part II: The Art of Thanking in Shakespeare: Scene Focus
2.1. Thanking as a Verbal and Non-Verbal Activity in Theatre
2.2. Thanks as a Politeness Sensitive Speech Event
2.3. Theories of Politeness
2.4. Politeness in Dramatic Dialogue
2.5. Thanking in Pragmatics
2.6. Thanking and Not Thanking in Shakespeare
2.7. Diplomatic Thankings in Shakespeare: A Political Super Strategy to Characters' Empowerment
2.8. "The poorest service is repaid with thanks" The Importance of Giving when Thanking is Not Enough, the case of The Merchant of Venice
2.9. "Do so, and After Two Days I Will Discharge Thee" (Tem. 1.2.): Characters Waiting for Restitution and Recompense
2.10. Excessive Giving of Thanks and Gifts: The Way to Misanthropy in Timon of Athens
2.11. "We Met Here Both to Thank and to Remember" (Cor.2.2): The Role of Memory in Giving Thanks in Shakespeare's Plays
2.12. Ceremonial Thanksgiving on the Stage: Prayer and Sacrifice in Pericles and Cymbeline
Conclusion
General Conclusion