Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of <italic style="font-style: italic">Hills Like White Elephants</italic>

Shimiao Wu

doi:10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786529.20260704

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Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of <italic style="font-style: italic">Hills Like White Elephants</italic>

Volume 7, Issue 4

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Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of Hills Like White Elephants
Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of Hills Like White Elephants
School of Foreign Languages, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, 410006, China
Vol. 7, Issue 4, Pages: 140-142(2026)
Published：30 August 2026
DOI：10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786529.20260704
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Wu Shimiao.Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of Hills Like White Elephants[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(04):140-142.
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Wu Shimiao.Gender Differences in Literary Dialogue from the Perspective of Violations of the Cooperative:A Case Study of Hills Like White Elephants[J].Research on Literary and Art Development,2026,07(04):140-142. DOI： 10.47297/wsprolaadWSP2634-786529.20260704.

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Abstract

This article uses Hemingway's short story

Hills Like White Elephants

as the analysis corpus

and applies the Grice Cooperative Principle theory to explore the gender discourse differences in the conversations of the male and female protagonists from the four criteria of quantity

quality

relation

and manner. The dialogue conflict between the male and female protagonists in

Hills Like White Elephants

is essentially a concrete manifestation of the differences in gender discourse patterns

and the violation of the principle of cooperation becomes a carrier for both sides to convey their deep positions and demands. This study confirms the effectiveness of the cooperative principle in interpreting gender discourse differences in literary texts

providing a linguistic perspective for understanding the communication strategies and emotional conflicts of literary characters

and also providing a reference for the integration of linguistics and literary discourse analysis.

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