美国戏剧《晚安,妈妈》的语用文体探析-pragmatic stylistic analysis of american drama good night, mother.docxVIP

CONTENTSAbstract .................................................................................................................................I摘要 .................................................................................................................................IIIIntroduction1General Description1Purpose of the Thesis3Organization of the Thesis3Chapter One Literature Review5Previous Studies on Stylistics of Drama5Previous Studies on ’night, Mother9Chapter Two Theoretical Framework 12Pragmatics as a Perspective12Conversational Implicature and the Cooperative Principle 12The Politeness Principle 16The Pragmastylistic Approach to Dramatic Text20Chapter Three A Brief Introduction to Masha Norman and her ’night, Mother 24Masha Norman and Her Main Works24Plot Overview of ’night, Mother25Chapter Four The Pragmastylistic Analysis and Exploration：A Case Study on ’night, Mother 27The Double-level Structure of the Dramatic Text27The Author—Reader Relationship 274.2.2 The Character—Character Relationship 32The Aesthetic Values of the Dramatic Text 40Characterization Revealed in ’night, Mother 41Power Relationship Revealed in ’night, Mother 43Theme Construction of the Drama 45Implications of the Study 47Major Findings 47Implications for the Interpretation of Literary Texts 48Implications for the Research on Stylistics of Drama 49Conclusion 51Significance of the Research 51Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study 52Bibliography 53Acknowledgements 56Publication 57AbstractPragmatics, as an important branch of linguistics, mainly studies language in use, that is, how the meaning of language is generated and comprehended in specific context. While stylistics focuses on style studies and interpretation of texts, which is a synthetic discipline covering a wide range of subjects, such as linguistics, literature, psychology, and semiotics. In recent years, with the dynamic development of pragmatics and stylistics, especially in their research fields, objects as well