26年WH英语 言语行为理论视角下关于霍桑的《胎记》中的反讽研究2.67- A I20.18-约37580字符.docx

iAbstractTaking the speech act theory as the framework, this thesis examines the irony in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story The Birthmark from different angles. Although Hawthorne's story is usually interpreted as a criticism of scientific arrogance, this thesis believes that irony is the main rhetorical strategy at the macro and micro levels of narrative. The research draws on recent work in pragmatics, especially Witek’s (2022) model of irony as a kind ...