舞台叙事的多模态语篇研究——基于对一次英语朗诵比赛的舞台语言使用分析

A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Stage Narratives: Evidence from the Use of Stage Language in an English Recitation Contest

舞台叙事涉及多种语言和非语言叙事模态的调用和协同,属于多模态语篇分析范畴,但舞台叙事在教学实践和理论研究方面的价值还有待发掘。在系统功能语言学的多模态语篇分析理论框架下,本文通过分析一次英语朗诵比赛的舞台语言使用情况,旨在探讨舞台叙事的模态界定依据和叙事功能,以及叙事模态之间的关系对舞台叙事语篇意义构建的影响。结果发现,舞台上有七种常见叙事模态,主次有序,存在互补式和非互补式两种协同关系。了解舞台叙事模态的功能和它们之间的协同关系有助于指导学生更有效地利用舞台锻炼外语综合应用能力,也有利于发展他们的多元读写能力。

Stage narratives,w hich involve the synergy of many verbal and non-verbal narrative modes,fall w ithin the field of multimodal discourse analysis. How ever,their use in English teaching and theoretical research has been under-investigated. Within the framew ork of systemic-functional approach to multimodal discourse analysis( SF-M DA),this study analyzes the use of stage language in an English recitation contest,aiming to explore how narrative modes are identified and how they function in stage narratives,as w ell as how intermodal relationships influence the meaning making of stage narratives. Results indicated that there w ere seven narrative modes commonly used on stage,organized as primary and secondary ones. They synergized w ith one another in complementary or non-complementary relationships. Understanding how narrative modes function and synergize on stage can inform students of the use of stage language more effectively so as to improve their comprehensive language proficiency,as w ell as enhance their competence in multiliteracies.