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<p>Many literary texts prove a tendency to simulate features of diverse communicative acts, styles and genres that are primarily applied in non-literary spheres of communication (for instance journalism, administration, science). The aim of this paper is to suggest a possible theoretical framework for this phenomenon and to describe some ways of simulating non-literary styles in literary texts. The aforementioned simulating can be seen as a form of interdiscursivity that introduces external elements into literary texts. The functioning of it is conditioned by a process of decontextualization and recontextualization that is signalled by various paratextual and textual cues. Taking three Czech prosaic works as examples, the concrete use of this form of interdiscursivity is illustrated in the last part of the paper.</p>
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Many literary texts prove a tendency to simulate features of diverse communicative acts, styles and genres that are primarily applied in non-literary spheres of communication (for instance journalism, administration, science). The aim of this paper is to suggest a possible theoretical framework for this phenomenon and to describe some ways of simulating non-literary styles in literary texts. The aforementioned simulating can be seen as a form of interdiscursivity that introduces external elements into literary texts. The functioning of it is conditioned by a process of decontextualization and recontextualization that is signalled by various paratextual and textual cues. Taking three Czech prosaic works as examples, the concrete use of this form of interdiscursivity is illustrated in the last part of the paper.

Non-literary communicative acts in literary style

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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Many literary texts prove a tendency to simulate features of diverse communicative acts, styles and genres that are primarily applied in non-literary spheres...

Non-literary communicative acts in literary style

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 101 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2022-0031

Keywords
literary style, non-literary texts, interdiscursivity, simulating, paratextual and textual cues, functions

© 2022 Petr Mareš, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Non-literary communicative acts in literary style

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 101 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2022-0031

Keywordsliterary style, non-literary texts, interdiscursivity, simulating, paratextual and textual cues, functions

© 2022 Petr Mareš, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
literary style, non-literary texts, interdiscursivity, simulating, paratextual and textual cues, functions