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Authors

  • Eduarda Pacheco da Luz Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
  • Manuela Neves Ribeiro Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/1808-9461.2023.v25.40145

Abstract

This paper concerns Patricia Highsmith's novel 'Carol' and presents the expression 'flung out of space' in its two instances in the novel as its primary focus of study. Our goal is to analyse the phrase in question from a semantic perspective, considering the contrasts of meaning according to speech context and the influence of connotation in the final meaning of the utterance. To reach such finality, the analysis was supported by authors Cançado (2008), Ribeiro (2016), Pinto (2016), Marques (2001), Fiorin e Savioli (2007), Searle (1995; 2002), Ricoeur (1976), and Moraes and Galiazzi (2007). The selected excerpt was examined under the lens of Semantics and of the method proposed by the two latter authors just cited. The study confirmed our original hypothesis that there are two different meanings to the same phrase, each contained in a different context in which it occurs, and each being conditioned by distinct textual, lexical, and semantic factors.

 

KEYWORDS: Carol. Highsmith. Interpretation. Applied linguistics. Contextual analysis.

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Author Biographies

Eduarda Pacheco da Luz, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Eduarda Pacheco da Luz has an undergraduate degree in Letters - English from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) and is currently taking her master's degree at the same institution's graduate programme in Letters. Her research niche is Literary Theory with emphasis in English Literature. She works in the areas of Literature, Literary Theory, and Comparative Literature and also works as an English teacher.

Manuela Neves Ribeiro, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Manuela Never Ribeiro is a journalist with a graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) and is currently taking her second undergrad course at the same institution for a degree in Letters - Portuguese. She works in the areas of Linguistics and Literature and is also a revisor. 

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Published

2023-09-02

Issue

Vol. 25 (2023)

Section

Artigos