英语文体学 1教学文案.doc

英语文体学 1 精品文档 精品文档 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 精品文档 收集于网络，如有侵权请联系管理员删除 English Stylistics 英语文体学 Course Introduction Course title: English Stylistics Course hours: 2 per week, 34 in total Assessment: 1. Attendance 2. After-class preparation for related topics 3. In-class performance and involvement 4. Quiz 5. Final exam Teaching Objectives: Have a systematic knowledge of the features of different varieties of language Make appropriate use of language in our communication Familiarize ourselves with the stylistic features of the different genres of literature Deepen our understanding and appreciation of literary works Offer useful ideas on translation and language teaching Textbook: English Stylistics(英语文体学) Other reference books: Introduction to English Stylistics《英语文体学引论》（丁往道 王佐良） Essentials of English Stylistics 《英语文体学要略》 （王守元） Practical English Rhetoric《实用英语修辞》（吕煦） English Stylistics: A New Course book 《新编英语文体学教程》（董启明） Course content: 本课程从英语学习的实际要求出发介绍有关英语文体和语体的基础知识，属于普通文体学的范畴。我们讨论的重点是英语中已经形成的各种变体，例如因交际媒介不同而形成的口语语体和书面语体；因语言的使用领域不同而形成的各种功能变体（广告语体、新闻语体、法律语体、会话语体、科技语体等）；因交际者双方关系不同而形成的正式语体和非正式语体等。 Chapter 1 The Concern of Stylistics Definition of Style Origin: Style originates from a Latin word stilus, it means: An instrument made of metal, bone, etc., having one end sharp ended for incising letters on a wax tablet, and the other flat and broad for smoothing the tablet and erasing what is written: = stylus Different understandings of style nowadays: Style may refer to a person’s distinctive language habits. Eg. ‘Shakespeare’s style’, ‘Hemingway’s style’, ‘Lu Xun’s style’, etc.. Style may refer to a set of collective characteristics of language use, i.e. language habits shared by a group of people at a given time, as ‘Elizabethan style’, ‘Yankee humor’. Style may refer to the effectiveness of a mode of expression. “Saying the right thing in the most effective way”. Style may refer solely to a characteristic of ‘good’ or ‘b