现代英语语言学理论_CHAPTER_9教材教学课件.pptVIP

Cui Jianbin, Department of Foreign Studies, WTU; Chapter Introduction; Chapter Introduction;Chapter Introduction;Chapter Introduction;Section One: : Features of Literary Language ; Outline of Procedures: Features of Literary Language;He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sounds the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ; On Studies By Francis Bacon Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability… Some books are too be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested… Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man… Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend… ;1 What is Literature? 1. All writings in prose or verse, esp. those of an imaginative or critical character, without regard to their excellence: often distinguished from scientific writings, news reporting, etc. 2. All of such writings considered as having permanent value, excellence of form, great emotional effect, etc. 3. All of the writings of a particular time, region, etc. it is of truth, imagination and beauty. ;1 What is Literature? The part of linguistics that studies the language of literature is termed LITEDRARY STYLISTICS. It focuses on the study of linguistic features related to literary style. “Style”, the phenomenon, has been recognized since ancient rhetoric; “Stylistic has been with us since 1860”; “Stylistics”, the field, is the creation of bibliographers. ;1 What is Literature? Studies show that The 1960s witnessed the firm establishment of modern stylistics and ever since then the discipline has been developing at an enormous speed. The 1960s was a decade of formalism in stylistics. The 1970s witne