| Titre | Communication, fiction et expression de la subjectivité | |
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| Auteur | Anne Reboul | |
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Revue | Langue française |
| Numéro | no 128, décembre 2000 L'ancrage énonciatif des récits de fiction, sous la direction de Gilles Philippe | |
| Page | 9-29 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Communication, fiction and the expression of subjectivity.
The expression of subjectivity, though it is by no means confined to fiction, has mostly been studied in the fictional discourse. One of its expressions is the so-called represented speech and thought (RST), which has been widely discussed by Banfield. Her major thesis is that, in a given RST utterance, the subjectivity of no more than one subject of consciousness can be expressed. This has been contested, notably by Ducrot. In this paper, I compare RST with two other ways of reporting speech, namely direct discourse and indirect discourse. I focus on singular personal pronouns and their use in reporting subjectivity and I conclude that the pronouns used to designate the subject of consciousness in a RST utterance - whether they are or not third person pronouns - are very similar in both their function and their interpretation to the first person in speech. However, given that first person pronouns in the same sentence can be used to designate distinct individuals, Banfield's claim that there can be no more than one subject of consciousness in a given RST sentence does not seem to hold. What is more, contrary to her claims, there can be RST utterances where the subject of consciousness is represented by the first or second person pronouns, which means that RST is a means of communication. Finally, the expression of subjectivity, far from being restricted to fiction, is merely the manifestation of a general cognitive tendency in humanity: the intentional stance. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/lfr_0023-8368_2000_num_128_1_1006 |
