КОГНИТИВНЫЕ СТРАТЕГИИ: ОТ СЛОВА К ТЕКСТУ УДК 801:159.9 ON SOME PRAGMATIC AND COGNITIVE THEORIES APPLICABLE TO LITERARY DISCOURSE* Klaudia Bednбrovб-Gibovб Institute of British and American Studies ul. 17 novembra 1, Prešov, Slovak Republic, 080 01 klaudia.gibova@gmail.com The aim of this paper is to to expatiate upon the significance of conversational maxim, frame and schema theories and their applicability to literary works written in the tradition of absurd drama. <...> In this vein, a close collaboration between linguistics and literature studies is established. <...> In the age of interdisciplinarity, this seems not only possible but also vital. <...> The methodological approaches underlying a linguistic analysis of absurd drama will be presented. <...> These comprise Grice’s theory of the Cooperative principle and maxims, frame theory by Pдtzold, Minsky and Lakoff and schema theory by Short and Cook. <...> The paper shows a possible application of the given linguistic concepts to selectedexcerpts from AlanAyckbourn’s play My Wonderful Dayand signposts formation of linguistic elements symptomatic of the modern Theatre of the Absurd. <...> Key words: cooperative principle; conversational maxims; frame theory; schema theory; absurd drama. <...> INTRODUCTION Language being the foundation upon which literature is constructed, this paper will explore some linguistic ways in the light of pragmatic and cognitive theories which contribute to a deeper understanding of the workings of literary discouse. <...> The present paper aspires to review the relationship between lingiustics and literature, transgressing the conventional “lang-lit” divide and signposts benefits arising from the perspective of a combined approach. <...> Borrowing first and foremost from Grice’s theory of the Cooperative principle, maxims, frame and schema theories, the paper aims to analyse selected excerpts from A. Ayckbourn’s contemporary absurd play My Wonderful Day (2011). <...> The source of inspiration for this paper comes from American critic Stanley * Funding acknowledgement: The publication of this paper is supported by the KEGA 007PU4/2015 grant scheme. 61 Вестник РУДН, серия Теория языка. <...> For this reason, I will abstain from this attemptin this paper and will focus primarily on the pragmatic-cognitive linguistic analysis embedded in literary discourse. 1. <...> GRICE’S COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE THEORY The theory put forwarded by Herbert Paul Grice in 1975 has been of revolutionary significance for the field of pragmatics <...>