stylistics55033.ppt

Introduction to stylistics Necessity of the course 1) the ultimate aim: cultivation of creative thinking 2) general education 3) an interdisciplinary field of study— involves the combining of the two or more academic field into one single discipline 4) the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective Content of the textbook 1) Theoretical Preliminaries 2) Varieties in Relation to Genre Part One:Theoretical Preliminaries and Major Varieties of English Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 8 Chapter 14 Chapter 1 Style and Stylistics 1.1 A Taste of Style Style is considered an important factor in writing, and is an important part of a writing course. But often people pay little attention to it in speech. Actually, it is important in both speech and writing. Example 1: Expectoration is forbidden. Please do not spit! No spitting. What are the differences among the three sentences? Example 2: Suppose that a certain John Smith just died, his son, writing a few days later, might say, My beloved parent has joined the heavenly choir. My dear father has passed away. My father has died. My old man has kicked the bucket. Q: In what kind of situation and whom he may address? Example 3: A flea and a fly in a flue Were imprisoned, so what could they do? Said the fly, “Let us flee,” Said the flee, “Let us fly,” So they flew through a flaw in the flue. Example 4: On fours, fall in! Attention! Eyes right! Ready front! Forward march! Dismiss! Shoulder arms! What are the characteristics of these expressions? 1.2 Definition of Style What is style? No one has given a definition of style that can be accepted by most of the stylisticians. The definition of style used in this book is a general, linguistic-oriented one: Manners indicating prominent liguistic features, devices or patterns, most (or least) frequently occur in a particular text of a particular variety of language. What is stylistics? Stylistics is a branch of