Tag Archive for: Literary Pragmatics

This study explores “the impact of implicatures on the interpretation of indirect speech acts in William Saroyan’s The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse.”  Using qualitative literary analysis, the study explores how implicatures help readers comprehend the motivations and interpersonal dynamics of characters. To gather data, excerpts from the text that had instances of implicatures and indirect speech actions were chosen, and secondary sources such as academic journals and literary criticism were looked at to provide background information and provide support to the research. To determine the significance of implicatures, a thorough reading and comparison study with other works were part of the data analysis technique. The study reveals that implicatures provide the story with additional levels of meaning and encourage readers to actively participate in interpreting nuances. The references to different literary traditions, such as the Japanese “mono no aware,” highlight how indirect communication is a universal literary technique. The results imply that Saroyan’s storytelling style makes use of implicatures to portray difficult moral and emotional issues, pushing readers to consider interpersonal relationships and cultural quirks. This work adds to the field of literary pragmatics by elucidating the intricacies of human interaction and enhancing the reading experience through implicatures.