Department
Communication Studies
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
The play director has access to a variety of approaches for script analysis. The purpose of this thesis was to complete a script analysis of the characters in Harold G. Sliker's (1944) adapted and abridged one-act version of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, through application of speech-act theory. The script was coded according to the speech-acts used on a line by line basis. The results provided understanding of the characters speech actions. This provides the director with descriptions of the characters actions and the speech actions the actor should use for believability. Speech-act theory was applicable to the earlier style of English language in the script. Script analysis by speech-act theory’s applicable but does not prove to be better than other tools the director already uses.
Keywords
Communication
Advisor
Carolyn Sue Strohkirch
Date of Award
Summer 1999
Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Recommended Citation
Stroh, Sherry, "Speech-Act Theory Used as a Script Analysis Too For She Stoops To Conquer" (1999). Master's Theses. 2758.
DOI: 10.58809/XDVE4843
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https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2758
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