EMAIL<\/a> | SYLLABUS<\/a> | POLICIES<\/a> | QUESTIONS<\/a> | PRESENTATIONS<\/a> | JOURNALS<\/a> | PAPER<\/a> | FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Assigned: Austin, J. L. From How to Do Things with Words (1289-1301 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. <\/em>2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. On 1289-90, what does Austin identify as the two stages by which philosophers have questioned the notion that language is purely descriptive and referential? According to him, what good have these stages of questioning done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. On 1290-91, how does Austin define \u201cperformative utterances\u201d? What do such utterances do? What don\u2019t they do? And on 1292, how does Austin define the term \u201cact\u201d or \u201caction\u201d? How does he distinguish his usage of the term from the more usual treatment of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. On 1293-94, according to Austin, why should poetry (along with some other kinds of language — jokes and words spoken under duress, for example) be excluded from consideration when one is dealing with \u201cperformativity\u201d \u2013 what is it about these instances that disqualifies them or renders them irrelevant? Can you think of a reason why his exclusion of such language might cause problems for his theory? Explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. On 1294-97, how does Austin develop his basic criteria for determining what is or is not a performative utterance: what two \u201cstandard form{s}\u201d for performative utterances does he discuss, and what further sub-classifications or clarifications of these forms does he offer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. On 1297-99, beginning with the paragraph, \u201cSo far we have been going along as though \u2026,\u201d what dissatisfaction does Austin express with the performative criteria he has been exploring? Why is it ultimately impossible to maintain facile distinctions between performative utterances and \u201cstatements\u201d that imply true\/false claims, refer to something in the outside world or to something occurring in one\u2019s mind, etc.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. On 1299-1301, following on his analysis of the difficulties that may afflict statements as well as performative utterances, what insights does Austin arrive at regarding language generally? Has his examination of performatives led him to embrace linguistic ambivalence or indeterminacy, or does he hold that we can still emerge with a comprehensible, manageable view of an \u201cordinary language\u201d consisting of \u201cspeech acts\u201d? Explain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" J. L. AUSTIN QUESTIONS FOR E492 MODERN CRITICAL THEORYCSU FULLERTON, FALL 2015 Assigned: Austin, J. L. From How to Do Things with Words (1289-1301 in Leitch, Vincent B. and William E. Cain, eds. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN 978-0-393-93292-8). From How to Do Things with Words 1. On 1289-90, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[47],"class_list":["post-963","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5153,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/963\/revisions\/5153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajdrake.com\/academic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}From How to Do Things with Words<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n