英语文体学Chapter1Introduction.pptVIP

English Stylistics Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Wales defines stylistics as “the study of style”. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Widdowson defines Stylistics as “the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation”, and contends that “what distinguishes stylistics from literary criticism on the one hand and linguistics on the other is that it is essentially a means of linking the two”. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Stylistics is an area of mediation between two disciplines of linguistics and literary criticism. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Stylistics is neither a discipline nor a subject in its own right, but a means of relating disciplines and subjects. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Stylistics can serve as a means whereby literature and language as subjects can by a process of gradual approximation move towards both linguistics and literary criticism, and also a means whereby these disciplines can be pedagogically treated to yield different subjects. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Widdowson further explains the definition from the morphological make-up of the word stylistics. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Leech defines stylistics as “the study of the use of language in literature” and consider stylistics a “meeting-ground of linguistics and literary study”. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Definition of Stylistics — Stylistics is an area of study which straddles two disciplines: literary criticism and linguistics. It takes literary discourse (text) as its object of study and use linguistics as a means to that end. (Wang Shouyuan) 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Two “border-line” studies A. those linguistically oriented but not directly related to literary interpretation; B. those claimed to deal with style but does not make use of linguistic facts and theory. 1.1 Definition of Stylistics Stylistics is a branch of linguistics which applies the theory and methodology of m