Jak se dělají fikce slovy - Pragmatické aspekty vyprávění – Koten Jiří (2013)

A comprehensive view of pragmatic theories of literary fictionality. Jiří Koten's book seeks to find answers to questions about the intentions of narrative creators, what they 'do with words' when creating fictions, how readers can properly understand them, and so on. The most substantial source of inspiration for the author is the so-called theory of speech acts (J. L. Austin, J. R. Searle), as well as theories of fictional worlds (L. Doležel, M.-L. Ryan), which allow for the updating and further development of traditional pragmatic concepts. According to Koten, fiction authors creatively imitate authentic representational statements; however, these speech acts also possess the declarative power to create the world being narrated. The formula of fairy tale narratives 'once upon a time' is thus apt for all fictional narratives: cooperating readers know they should read a narrative about what did not happen as if it were a narrative about what actually occurred. Based on the thesis of doubled assertive power, the author attempts to explain how fiction can evoke authentic emotions in us, albeit moderated by a distance from the depicted world. The fictional statement is categorized within the taxonomy of illocutionary acts or describes the position of the informed reader, who stretches all their efforts to engage with the narrative...