“抗议歌曲”―《寂静之声》的文体学分析.docxVIP

“抗议歌曲”一《寂静之声》的文体学分析 摘要】《寂静之声》是著名电影《毕业生》的主题曲， 由保罗西蒙作曲。它是一首典型的“抗议歌曲” ，创作背景 是 20 世纪 60 年代的美国，那时反主流文化，民权运动风起 云涌，人们的价值观也发生巨大变化。 本文运用文体学理论， 从语音，词法，句法和语义角度进行文体与修辞分析，使我 们更好地鉴赏歌词的文字美感并从中了解美国的60 们更好地鉴赏歌词的文字美感并从中了解美国的 60 年代。 关键词】文体分析语音特征词汇特征句法特征语义特 征象征意义 Abstract 】 The Sound of Silence is the theme song of the well-known film The Graduate.It belongs to “ Protest Music ” and is composed by Paul Simon during the 1960s of America ， a decade characterized by counterculture ，civil rights movements and a time of upheaval when people s value changed a lot.By the stylistic analysis of this song ， we can appreciate the beauty of the lyric and have a brief view about that Stirring Age. Key Words】 stylistic analysis； phonological feature ； lexical feature ； syntactic feature ； semantic feature ； symbolism ?Phonological feature There is the skillful manipulation of various sounds.The most frequently used ones are alliteration ， rhyme , ” [1]Alliteration adds the rhyme beauty to this song ， and make it smooth. e.g.“ left its seeds while I was sleeping. ” I turned my colla r to the cold and damp ” As for rhyme ，The Sound of Silence can be divided into five stanzas.At the first stanza ，apart from the beginning and ending part ， it follows the ABBA rhyming scheme in a perfect rhyme again，creeping ，sleeping，brain ”，and the second stanza， it shifts to the AABBCC rhyming scheme in perfect rhyme alone，stone，lamp，damp，light，night”.The third stanza follows the ABBA rhyming scheme but is not in a perfect rhyme.In the following two stanzas ， the beginning four lines follow AABB rhyming scheme. ?Lexical Feature.Compared to general words ，the diction of this song is more specific.Instead of saying “ the street of stone ”， it employs the “ cobble stone ”； instead of saying “light ”， it uses “neon light ”； and other examples like subway walls and tenement halls ”， all of them are specific words.For the song mainly described the scene of a dream ， so the specific details bring about a sense of reality t