Anatomy of Persuasive Discourse (on some functional and semantic aspects of literary discourse analysis)*

Abstract

The problem of persuasive discourse has been analyzed in this article from the perspectives of literary discourse – to be specifically chosen and introduced – much more as a model of communicative behaviour and pattern of textuality rather than as a sample of artistic perception of life. The survey into the structure of persuasive discourse suggested by María Azucena Penas Ibáñez has served as basis for the paper that tries to cover the major constituents of a relatively overall image of persuasive discourse completed under all the standards of textuality. The paper attempts at introducing a paradigm of factors to be taken into consideration in respective analyses of persuasive discourse.

* The paper is based on María Azucena Penas Ibáñez’s research (Penas Ibáñez 2011:113-134).