Chapter 9 语言学- Language and literature.ppt

Chapter 9Language and Literature Teaching Focus 1. Style and Stylistics 2. Foregrounding 3. Literal language and figurative language 4. Analysis of literary language 5. The language in poetry 1. Style and Stylistics Style: variation in the language use of an individual, such as formal/informal style Literary style: ways of writing employed in literature and by individual writers; the way the mind of the author expresses itself in words Stylistics “studies the features of situationally distinctive uses (varieties) of language, and tries to establish principles capable of accounting for the particular choices made by individual and social groups in their use of language.” (Crystal，1980) In addition, stylistics is a distinctive term that may be used to determine the connections between the form and effects within a particular variety of language. Literary Stylistics: Crystal (1987) observes that, in practice, most stylistic analysis has attempted to deal with the complex and ‘valued’ language within literature, i.e. ‘literary stylistics’. It deals with the close relationship between language and literature. It focuses on the study of linguistic features related to literary style. The scope is sometimes narrowed to concentrate on the more striking features of literary language, for instance, its ‘deviant’ and abnormal features, rather than the broader structures that are found in whole texts or discourses. For example, the compact language of poetry is more likely to reveal the secrets of its construction to the stylistician than is the language of plays and novels. 2. Foregrounding Please compare the following two pieces of language: Four storeys have no windows left to smash But in the fifth a chipped sill buttresses Mother and daughter the last mistresses Of that black block condemned to stand, not crash. ΔA chipped sill buttresses mother and daughter who are the last mistresses of that black block which is condemned to stand, not crash. Find out the unusua