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LILIANA HAMZEA
Transilvania University of Braşov
Abstract
Being based on a pragmatic view of the literary text, more
precisely the analysis of the fictional discourse from the
perspective of Grice’s Cooperation Principles and some issues of
illocutionary force, this paper investigates Iris Murdoch’s
search for meaning at the micro-level of discourse. Meaning is
seen as resulting from a complex interplay of deceptive
strategies in three novels of maturity: The Green Knight, Henry
and Cato and The Sea, the Sea. The fictional games highlighted
in the analysis enhance the complexity of the characters and of
the technical achievement.
Keywords: meaning, pretending,
interplay, micro-level, pragmatic perspective, conversation
maxims, violation, deception
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