An Interpretation of The Great Gatsby on the basis of Speech Act Theory

• 作者: 王振忠
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: hwyyb_2016,（21）
• 页码范围: 232-233
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: H313

摘要

Speech act theory is a significant part in linguistics, and The Great Gatsby is a famous novel in the history of literature.The interpretation of The Great Gatsby is based on three kinds of speech acts, and they are locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act. Literary language can carry out speech act, and speech act accomplished by literary language can help writers express thought effectively.