PERFORMATIVITY AND MANIFESTO: POINTS OF INTERSECTION AND VARIABILITY

Abstract

The article examines the implementation of the category of "performativity" in various types of manifestos. The manifesto genre is inextricably linked with the expression of the ideas of the demonstrator and criticism of certain principles in a particular field. In the text, this is usually associated with the property of performativity. This property can be considered as a separate grammatical category. Performatives are responsible for statements that are not stating or descriptive. In addition, they exist within the strict framework of grammatical form and their semantics are strictly determined by the context of the utterance. Claude Abastado highlights performativity separately in his analysis of the genre. At the same time, he points out the possibility of words changing reality. Separately, he emphasizes the greater importance of extralinguistic factors for understanding the meaning of a phrase than strict compliance with a grammatical category. The structure of the three-level speech act was also analyzed and its effect on the "transmission" of performativity was shown. The purpose of the manifesto genre is to make the author's position very clear to the audience in order to increase the chances of a successful speech act. To analyze this feature, four manifestos from various fields and time periods were analyzed.Despite the difference in the objects of utterance, all the works use performatives to express calls for the implementation of new ideas. The conclusion is made about the use of the category of performative vocabulary not only within a strict grammatical framework, but also from the point of view of the meaning of the utterance, well-established cliches within the same genre. The emphasis of the category within the genre is on the logical continuation of criticism, which is also an integral part of the manifestos. It is concluded that it is important to use performatives in any form to create the main narrative of the work.