Defamiliarization through modality of discourse: Waiting for Godot

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Mahmut Demir, H. S. Saraç Durgun
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Abstract

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1954) is a parody of the world following World War II. The play exemplifies the spirit of the age by using defamiliarization as a textual strategy by means of which the characters utilize epistemic modals leading their conversational exchanges to never-ending voidness and uncertainty. Therefore, this study analyses discoursal features of Waiting for Godot by focusing on modality as the primary means for a void and indecisive attitude that is created through defamiliarization. The study further exemplifies how Beckett’s use of defamiliarization foregrounds epistemic modality to create a discourse unique in his authorial path.
话语形态下的陌生化:等待戈多
塞缪尔·贝克特的《等待戈多》(1954)是对第二次世界大战后世界的恶搞。该剧通过将陌生化作为一种文本策略体现了时代精神,人物利用认知情态将他们的对话交流引向永无止境的空虚和不确定性。因此,本研究分析了《等待戈多》的话语特征,将焦点集中在情态上,作为一种通过陌生化产生的空洞和优柔寡断态度的主要手段。该研究进一步说明了贝克特如何利用陌生化的前景认知形态来创造一个独特的话语在他的写作路径。
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Philologica Canariensia
Philologica Canariensia LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-
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