“Literatura mirovoj revoljucii”, 5-6, 1931 - [S011]
Communicative Intention: Creation of the image of the Other as the "Enemy"
Utterance Aim: To arouse suspicion in the reader and cause him to distance himself from the concept described
Concrete Linguistic Means/Tool: Use of ironic inverted commas
Journal Title: "Literatura mirovoj revoljucii"
Journal Number: 5-6
Contexts & Examples: Среди откликов на анкету "Nouvelles littéraires", как характерный образец такой фразеологии заслуживает особого внимания ответ «крестьянского поэта» Франсис Андре, одного из приверженцев «крестьянской литературы» в том смысле, который даёт этому термину «теоретик» всей группы, г-н Пуляйль: […]
Edited by Svetlana Slavkova
The use of ironic inverted commas in the designations indicates that the author does not support these phenomena, or, at least, does not recognise them as acceptable. Henry Poulaille is denied the status of a literary ‘theorist‘, as the author does not consider him sufficiently revolutionary. This rhetorical device, i.e. the recurrent and systematic use of ironic inverted commas, testifies not only to a precise discursive strategy, but also to a certain aggressive charge: doubt is in fact consciously and intentionally instilled in the reader, with the aim of gaining his consent and making him join US and become ONE of US. A heated tone and polemical intent also emerge, aimed at forcefully rejecting the concepts discussed, as well as disagreement with the positions held by exponents of Western European art and culture.