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1、PERFORMATIVITYDoourwritingsandourutterancesreflectordescribetheworld,ordotheyinterveneinit?Dothey,perhaps,helptomakeit?Ifso,how?Withinwhatlimitsandwithwhatimplications?Contemporarytheoristshaveconsideredthewaysinwhichthelanguageswespeakmightbe‘performative’injust
2、thisway,andtheirthinkingonthetopichashadimportantimpactonabroadrangeofacademicdisciplines.Inthisaccessibleintroductiontoasometimescomplexfield,JamesLoxley:•offersaconciseandoriginalaccountofcriticaldebatesaroundtheideaofperformativity•tracesthehistoryoftheconcept
3、throughtheworkofsuchinfluentialtheoristsasJ.L.Austin,JohnSearle,StanleyFish,JacquesDerrida,PauldeManandJudithButler•examinestheimplicationsofperformativityforfieldssuchasliteraryandculturaltheory,philosophy,performancestudies,andthetheoryofgenderandsexuality•emph
4、asisespoliticalandethicalimplicationsthatitsmostimportanttheoristshavedrawnfromthenotionofperformativity•suggestswaysinwhichmajordebatesaroundthetopichaveobscureditsalternativeinterpretationsanduses.Forstudentstryingtomakesenseofperformativityandrelatedconceptssu
5、chasthespeechact,‘ordinarylanguage’,anditerability,andforthoseseekingtounderstandtheplaceoftheseideasincontemporaryperfor-mancetheory,thisclearguidewillproveindispensable.Performativityoffersnotonlyapaththroughchallengingcriticalterrain,butanewunderstandingofjust
6、whatisatstakeintheexplorationofthisfield.JamesLLoxleyisSeniorLecturerinEnglishLiteratureattheUniversityofEdinburgh.Heistheauthorofseveralbooksandarticlesonseventeenthcenturyliteratureandonliterarytheoryandphilosophy.THENEWCRITICALIDIOMSeriesEditor:JohnDrakakis,Un
7、iversityOfStirlingTheNewCriticalIdiomisaninvaluableseriesofintroductoryguidestotoday’scriticalterminology.Eachbook:•providesahandy,explanatoryguidetotheuse(andabuse)oftheterm•offersanoriginalanddistinctiveoverviewbyaleadingliteraryandculturalcritic•relatestheterm
8、tothelargerfieldofculturalrepresentationWithastrongemphasisonclarity,livelydebateandthewidestpossiblebreadthofexamples,TheNewCriticalIdiomisanindispensableappr
