论文_《一个小时的故事》中的反讽手法的应用.doc

论文 标题:《一个小时的故事》中的反讽手法的运用 The Use Of Irony in The Story of An Hour A1111 27 雷自婷 Abstract As we all know,irony is not just a figure of speech,but also a form of writing style in novel.it can fully express the theme of a story while bring people merriment.This paper is to analysis the use of irony in The Story of An Hour.This novel is written by Kate Chopin who is a famous female writer in United State in 19 century.The novel is one of the most popular novels among all her novel.In this story,Kate Chopin’s usage of irony let readers to completely comprehend the plot,feeling of characters and the theme of the story.So,irony is a main and important rhetoric mean in this novel.In this paper,I will divide it into four parts.The first is to make a brief introduction to irony.The second part is to introduce the author-Kate Chopin and her works and the third part is the usage of irony in The Story of An hour.Finally,I will write my feeling to the use of irony. Keywords: irony The Story of An Hour Kate Chopin The brief introduction of irony 1.1. The definitions of irony The word “irony”derived from the Greek word which means “dissembler in speech”,or”dissimulation”.Irony is a figure of speech in which intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense. 1.1.1. The explanations of irony As irony is the replacement of an expression that is meant by its opposite,words used in irony are not to be taken literally.Most form of irony involve the perception or awareness of discrepancy or incongruity between words and their meaning,between actions and their results,or between appearance and reality.For example,when someone hates the weather which is raining and says,”What a fine day!” he is ironical.The word “fine”is actually intended to mean “bad”,”awful”and “abominable”. 1.1.2. The functions of irony Leech maintains that irony has a positive function in permitting aggression to manifest itself in a less dangerous verbal from than by direction