Irony and the Question of Presentation in The American Scene
Several scenarios of The American Scene are studied to emphasize the irreconcilable nature of performative and constative functions of language as a medium of aesthetic presentation, rendering impossible any attempt to reduce the text to a historico-political document, and underwriting on the contra...
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| Language: | English |
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Université Clermont Auvergne
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Viatica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1238 |