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Manipulative Strategies in Tennessee Williams’ The Night of Iguana: A Discursive Study
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Pegah Ghanbari   ، Mohsen Hanif |
| Kharazmi University |
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چکیده: (114 مشاهده) |
Manipulation, one of the pivotal concepts in critical discourse analysis (CDA), is mainly considered a top-down strategy implemented by superior people on the inferior ones, who are passive recipients of power, to further their goals and benefits. However, the present paper highlights manipulative strategies exercised by a less powerful individual on the more powerful one who rather than being a passive victim, resists being manipulated by having gained counter-information to counterbalance the manipulator’s arguments. In the present paper, a critical discourse analytic approach is adopted to trace the power struggle in interpersonal relationships, taking advantage of a textual-contextual analysis to lay bare how power relations are detectable in discourse and what strategies are employed to exert or neutralize power. The selected excerpt examines the exchange between an irresponsible tour guide who is concerned with his job security and a dissatisfied tourist who threatens to disclose his incompetency as a tour-guide. To accomplish this end, several manipulative strategies are identified in the chosen excerpt, drawing on Teun A. Van Dijk, Eddo Rigotti, De Saussure & Schulz and Sandrine Sorlin’s proposed strategies. |
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| واژههای کلیدی: Critical discourse analysis، Manipulative strategies، interpersonal relationships |
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نوع مطالعه: پژوهشي |
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دریافت: 1404/1/25 | پذیرش: 1402/1/10 | انتشار: 1402/1/10
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