The expression of passive aggression in family conflicts in selected American plays

• Authors: Joanna Bobin

Title variants

PL

Wyraz biernej agresji w konfliktach rodzinnych w wybranych dramatach amerykańskich

Abstracts

PL

Tematem artykułu jest wyrażanie biernej agresji w konfliktach rodzinnych przez bohaterów wybranych dramatów amerykańskich. Pojęcie biernej agresji wywodzi się z okresu powojennego, a początkowo używano go w odniesieniu do przejawów biernego oporu wobec przełożonych. Językowy obraz biernej agresji tworzą głównie wypowiedzi nie wprost, unikanie konfrontacji, ranienie drugiej osoby w sposób celowy, choć zamaskowany. Teorie z zakresu pragmatyki i pragmastylistyki, takie jak koncepcja twarzy, implikatura, teorie (nie)uprzejmości językowej czy organizacja konwersacji ułatwiają zrozumienie konstrukcji wypowiedzi bierno-agresywnych i dostarczają wskazówki tekstowe charakteryzujące rozmówców.

EN

The article presents sample forms of expression of passive aggressiveness in family conflicts in selected American plays. It briefly describes the notion of passive aggression, dating back to post-war era and originally used to denote passive resistance against superiors. The linguistic expression of passive aggression relies mostly on indirectness as a means of avoiding confrontation, hurting the other person subtly though with a clear intention. Frameworks from the fields of pragmatics and pragmastylistics, such as the concept of face, implicature, theories of (im)politeness or turn-taking facilitate the understanding of how passive-aggressive utterances are constructed and expressed and provide implicit characterization cues that help the reader infer the character participating in conflict.

Keywords

EN

American drama; pragmatics; pragmastylistics; characterization

PL

dramat amerykański; pragmatyka; pragmastylistyka; charakterystyka

• Publisher: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim
• Journal: Język. Religia. Tożsamość
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 2 (28)
• Pages: 21-39

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Joanna Bobin

• Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim

• https://orcid.org/0000000252146904

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0054.3265

Biblioteka Nauki

28409091