Second Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View is the polar opposite of First Person: here, the Reader is a character within the story, and the Narrator exists… Read More »Second Person Point of View
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First Person Point of View
In First Person Point of View, the Narrator is a character who exists within the story world. They use first person personal pronouns to describe… Read More »First Person Point of View
The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
The mystery genre requires careful threading of information from character to character, between narrator and reader, and from author to audience. And Agatha Christie, as… Read More »The Misdirection of Agatha Christie | Liar, Liar
Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Now that we’ve explored the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention back to our three layers of dialogue. Breaking the CP… Read More »Breaking the CP on 3 Layers | Liar, Liar
Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Continuing in the Cooperative Principle and how to break it, we turn our attention to a literary example of rampant unintentional violations: Miss Bates from… Read More »Miss Bates of Emma: A Liar, Liar Case Study
Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
Although H. P. Grice’s Cooperative Principle provides lovely guidelines for how to accomplish good communication, for writers, its real value lies in breaking it. We… Read More »Breaking the Cooperative Principal | Liar, Liar
The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
In the 1960s and 70s, linguist H. Paul Grice defined the Cooperative Principle to explain dynamics of conversation. Even though his work hinges on real-life… Read More »The Cooperative Principle | Liar, Liar
Excessive Expressive Dialogue Tags | Liar, Liar
Continuing in our series of literary barrier objects, we delve into the boondoggle of excessive, expressive dialogue tags. The Basics A dialogue tag, as its… Read More »Excessive Expressive Dialogue Tags | Liar, Liar
Overuse of the Vocative Case | Liar, Liar
Our exploration of literary Barrier Objects continues with overuse of the vocative case. Vocative (VOC): the grammatical case that marks the person or thing being… Read More »Overuse of the Vocative Case | Liar, Liar
Barrier Objects: An Introduction | Liar, Liar
This section of the Liar, Liar blog series explores Barrier Objects, a term that refers to a non-verbal cue for deception. “Non-verbal?” you might ask.… Read More »Barrier Objects: An Introduction | Liar, Liar