The pragmatic approach in children's theatrical discourse. Case of the play "The Wings of Namoula" by Youcef Baaloudj

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to question the process of putting into theatrical discourse the perspective opened by the pragmatics and enunciative theory. We propose a reflection on the functioning of discursive mechanisms and the construction of the textual world of theatrical genre intended for children through the identification of linguistic and non-linguistic means provided by the author to guide the interpretation. Also through the different discursive mechanisms that accompany and manage the whole operation of putting into discourse namely the implicit, intertextuality, dialogism and the functioning of illocutory acts to deduce the morality underlying the children’s play : the wings of Namoula ""أجنحة نمولة by Youcef Baaloudj. Results show that the accentuation of the use of illocutory acts by the characters of the piece as well as the different forms of intertextuality. This is in the songs repeated by the characters and the  implicit incorporation of the tale of The Cicada and the Ant then the explicit integration of the tale The Rabbit and the Turtle.