Power, Deceit, and Misinterpretation: Uncooperative Speech in the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Author / Editor
- Petty, George R., Jr.
Power, Deceit, and Misinterpretation: Uncooperative Speech in the 'Canterbury Tales'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 27 (1993): 413-23.
- Description
- Chaucer's characters in CT can be seen to use principles of "speech act theory," especially "flouting" of rules in order to induce a different type of meaning from the discourse. Characters gain power or control by deflecting an attack with deliberate misinterpretation.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canterbury Tales--General.