“同一”理论对大学英语写作教学的启示——基于泰勒·斯威夫特毕业演讲的修辞分析

英语写作能够培养学生的批判思维能力以及语言运用能力,但是英语写作一直是英语写作教学中的薄弱环节。目前大学英语写作面临缺乏读者意识、思维逻辑混乱等问题。基于此,文章以泰勒·斯威夫特的毕业演讲为例,运用肯尼斯·伯克的“同一”理论来解构该演讲中使用的修辞策略,并探究其对大学英语写作教学的启示。

English writing can cultivate students'critical thinking ability and language use ability.However,English writing has always been a weak part in English writing teaching.Currently,college English writing faces problems such as a lack of readers'awareness and confusion in thinking logic.Based on these problem,this paper takes Taylor Swift's graduation speech as an example,applying Kenneth Burke's identification theory to deconstruct the rhetorical strategies used in the speech and exploring its implications for the teaching of college English writing.