Publication details

Fictional and factual autobiography from the perspective of speech act theory

Authors

TLUSTÝ Jan

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Organon F
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Philosophy and religion
Keywords autobigraphy; Searle; Coetzee; Hrabal
Description The study considers the pertinence of Searle's speech act theory to literary studies, more specifically to the definition of fictional and factual autobiography. Theoretical arguments are then applied to the interpretation of Bohumil Hrabal's trilogy In-House Weddings, Vita Nuova and Gaps and the fictional autobiography Boyhood, Youth and Summertime by John Maxwell Coetzee.

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