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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1976 by the
- ISSN
- 0341-7638
- eISSN
- 1613-3838
- DOI
- 10.1515/jlse.1976.5.1.15
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Speech Acts or Fluid Language David H. Hirsch From time to time, philosophers have been good enough to shed the light of their wisdom on literary texts and on the process of literary criticism. I shall be so bold, in this essay, äs to turn the tables by trying my hand at analyzing a philosophical text. This boldness I shall justify on two grounds. The first is that the text in question centers on problems of language, the element that is the sine qua non of literature and literary criticism äs well äs philosophy. The second ground on which I justify my temerity is the belief that literary fictions, which are the critic's normal diet, share with philosophical treatises the tendency to make hypothetical Statements about "reality" and about language itself. Hence, it may be possible to approach certain philosophical texts in the same way that one would approach "literary fictions". As a literary critic, I will tend to concentrate on metaphorical language, analogies, and, on occasion, narrative technique. My ultimate purpose will not be frivolous. By explicating certain passages in John Searle's Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language1 I hope to be able to
Journal
Journal of Literary Semantics – de Gruyter
Published: Jan 1, 1976