A Pragmatic Analysis of Speech Acts in Dryden's ''The Medal and Absalom and Achitophel: A Comparative Study

Al-kubaisy, Israa Rashed Mahdi

doi:10.37654/aujll.2024.148943.1079

	A Pragmatic Analysis of Speech Acts in Dryden's ''The Medal and Absalom and Achitophel: A Comparative Study
Anbar University Journal of Languages and Literature
Article 3, Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2024, Pages 29-39 PDF (1.19 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37654/aujll.2024.148943.1079
Author
Israa Rashed Mahdi al-kubaisy^*
General Directorate of Education in Anbar Gifted Students School,Anbar,Ramadi , Iraq
Abstract
This study is a pragmatic study focusing on the analysis of speech acts in Dryden's poetry. The objectives of the study are: (1) study types of needs and (2) identify needs strategies used by Dryden's poetry. This study is descriptive qualitative research in which visual analysis is used to interpret and analyze data. This study is an attempt to pragmatically explore poetic form in English poetry. This study aims to investigate pragmatic differences due to poetic expressions in English. The results of the analysis were compared statistically to uncover linguistic similarities or differences in the selected poems of Dryden. The purpose of this study is to apply a supporting tool which is the theory of speech acts in the field of language to understand poetry in the field of literature. Expressions and directives are statements intended to get the listener or reader to do something according to the wishes of the speaker or author. The poem as one of the literary works is the expression of the author to the reader. As an expression of authorship, poems can contain more expressive statements than direct ones. This article attempts to examine poems written by Dryden, an English poet. The poems written by Dryden will be used as data for analysis by pragmatic theory.
Keywords
Keywords: linguistics; pragmatics; speech acts; Dryden's poetry

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