关键词：戏剧舞台指令；语用学；戏剧冲突；《玩偶之家》
ABSTRACT
With the help of previous research, this paper points out that the stage directions, like the dialogue, should be seen as an important object for drama stylisticians. It then takes pragmatics as a perspective on the study of stage directions. The major pragmatic theories employed are speech act theory, the expanded model of speech act theory and the cooperative principle. The author of this paper believes Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a representative of conflicts of drama, and is suitable for analysis. Taking the exposition, climax and resolution as samples, this paper endeavors to draw implied meanings in stage directions, by which, we try to see whether the stage directions have anything to do with conflicts between Nora and Helmer in A Doll’s House. The sample analysis suggests that stage directions play an essential role in revealing conflicts of drama, and it is one indispensable element in drama texts.
Keywords：stage directions of drama; pragmatics; conflicts of drama; A Doll’s House
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature review 2
2.1 Literature review on conflicts of drama 2
2.2 Literature review on A Doll’s House 3
2.2.1 Literary studies 3
2.2.2 Pragmatic studies 3
3. A Pragmastylistic perspective on stage directions of drama 5
3.1 The stage directions as an important object for analysis 5
3.2 Pragmatics as a perspective 7
3.2.1 What is pragmatics? 8
3.2.2 Speech, act 8
3.2.3 Cooperative principle 10
4. Samples for analysis from A Doll’s House 12
4.1 Sample one 12
4.2 Sample two 15
4.3 Sample three 17
5. Conclusion 21
Acknowledgements 22
References 23
List of tables
1．Table One: the beginning 13
2．Table Two: the middle 15
3．Table Three: the end 18
