uinimmiiitumiimanmu - Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Basic Cencepts
Itere was enly ene catch and that was Catch-22,
which specified that a cancere ter orxe’s safety
le the face of dangers that were real ami imaediate
was Uhe precess of a ratienal mmd.
arr was crazy ami could be grour-tded.
Ah he had te de was ask; and as seon as he did,
he would no lenqer be crazy
ami would have te Uy mere missions.
This chapLer is a brief introduction Lo Lhe objecLives of
sLylistic analysis and Lo key aspects in views of J.iLerariness
3w currenÉ linguistic Lheory. The review is not meant Lo be
exhaustive, and for Lhis reason 1 will only make reference Lo
those Lheories and approaches which are relevant in sorne way
Lo Lhe study aL hand. Consequently, 1 will noÉ mention oLher
Lheories, in parLicular Lhose belonging Lo Lhe tradition of
líterary críticísm, which deal with aspects touched upon in
Lhis work but from a different perspective. My view is firmly
grounded in linguistic Lheory, ratber Lhan on literary Lheory.
The discussion about Lhe noLion of literariness in currenÉ
linguisLio Lheories usually accompanies a discussion of Lhe
objectives and purposes of stylistic analysis. BoLh Lhese
issues are Lhe background Lo the particular frameworks 1 will
be using in my proposal. However, since Lhe purpose of Lbis
thesis is Lhat of accounting for negation in Catcb-22, the
discussion of Lhe issues introduced in this chapter are meant
to be merely referential and necessarily brief.
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