Spatio-Temporal Systems in Shakespeare’s Dialogues: A Case from Julius Caesar

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to conduct the first systematic analysis of the spatio-temporal systems in Shakespeare’s dialogues along the lines of historical pragmatics and discourse analysis. The text used for analysis is The Riverside Shakespeare edited by Evans (1997).

Keywords

• shakespeare
• julius caesar
• spatio-temporal system
• historical pragmatics
• discourse analysis
• proximal and distal perspectives