Pragmática forense. Aproximación al estudio del delirio mesiánico en Bliss de Peter Carey

Abstract

In this article we have tried to explore the structure of a literary dialogue by using pragmatic means. The dialogue is from Bliss by the Australian writer Peter Carey. We have already analized dialogues by this novelist in different pieces of research. The guiding pragmatic principle has been Relevance Theory in the particular reading we make of that theory. To frame our interpretation we have combined linguistic concepts with ideas from the fields of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry due to the nature of the dialogue analyzed. The results are, we think, another step both in exploring the possibilities of pragmatics in literature and the richness of Peter Carey's work.