Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

Nasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, Nasreddinova, Farzona

Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика · 2026-yil

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This article examines the pragmatic features of unreliable narration and the functions of silence, implicit meaning, and communicative ambiguity in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette. The primary aim of the study is to identify how Lucy Snowe, as the first-person narrator, shapes the reader’s perception through the selective presentation, restriction, concealment, and postponement of information. The discrepancy between the facts communicated by the narrator and her internal experiences is considered a significant characteristic of unreliable narration. The research employs pragmatic analysis, narratological interpretation, discourse analysis, and contextual analysis to explore the communicative strategies embedded in the novel. The findings demonstrate that silence in Villette should not be interpreted simply as an absence of communication; rather, it functions as an active strategy of meaning construction. By withholding crucial information, providing incomplete explanations, and presenting events through a highly subjective perspective, Lucy Snowe encourages readers to reconstruct meanings that remain implicit within the narrative. Consequently, unreliable narration becomes a complex pragmatic mechanism through which psychological depth, ambiguity, and interpretive uncertainty are created. The study argues that the interaction between silence and unreliable narration is central to Brontë’s narrative technique, as it establishes a dynamic relationship among narrator, text, and reader and encourages multiple levels of interpretation.

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MualliflarNasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, Nasreddinova, Farzona
JurnalХорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика
NashriyotСамарқанд давлат чет тиллар институти
ISSN0000-0003, 4295-8199
Nashr sanasi2026-08-25
Jild4
Son7/S
Betlar180-192
TilIngliz
Ilmiy sohaFilologiya
DOI10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192
Indeksga qo‘shilgan2026-09-26

DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192 · Maqolaning asl sahifasi

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Unreliable narrator, pragmatics, silence, narratology, implicit meaning, discourse, Villette, Charlotte Brontë, Ненадёжный повествователь, прагматика, молчание, нарратология, имплицитный смысл, дискурс, «Виллетт», Шарлотта Бронте, Ishonchsiz roviy, pragmatika, sukut, narratologiya, yashirin ma’no, diskurs, “Villette”, Sharlotta Bronte

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APANasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, & Nasreddinova, Farzona (2026). Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette. Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(7/S), 180-192. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192
GOST (OAK)Nasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, Nasreddinova, Farzona Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette // Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика. – 2026. – T. 4, № 7/S. – P. 180-192. – DOI: 10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192.
MLANasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, and Nasreddinova, Farzona. “Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(7/S), 180-192, 2026. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192
ChicagoNasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, and Nasreddinova, Farzona. “Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette.” Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(7/S), 180-192 (2026). https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192
HarvardNasreddinova, Farzona, Насреддинова, Фарзона, and Nasreddinova, Farzona (2026) ‘Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette’, Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика, 4(7/S), 180-192. https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192
BibTeX
@article{nasreddinovafarzona2026,
  title = {Speaking through silence: the pragmatics of unreliable narration in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette},
  author = {Nasreddinova, Farzona and Насреддинова, Фарзона and Nasreddinova, Farzona},
  journal = {Хорижий лингвистика ва лингводидактика},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {4},
  number = {7/S},
  pages = {180-192},
  doi = {10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.47689/2181-3701-vol4-iss7/s-pp180-192}
}

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