融功能文体分析方法于英语专业阅读教学——以Why I Want a Wife为例

Applying Functional Stylistics to Reading Classes of English Majors

阅读是英语专业的一门主干课程。将功能文体学的分析方法应用于英语专业阅读教学有利于培养学生的文体意识,从与传统的句法分析不同的角度来分析和鉴赏文学作品。本文随机筛选一篇英语专业的阅读材料Why I Want a Wife,并以此为例从人际功能、语篇功能和概念功能三个角度分析作者如何表达其语义潜势。相信此语篇分析方法能够为英语专业阅读教学探索出一条新的视角和途径。

Reading is one of the major courses of English majors. Applying the model of functional stylistics to the reading classes of English majors redounds to the development of students’ awareness and sensitivity about styles. It helps to analyze and appreciate literary works from a view different from the traditional syntactic analysis. The author takes one article, i.e. Why I Want A Wife, at random from reading materials for English majors as an example, and analyzes it from three aspects of functional stylistics: interpersonal functions, textual functions and ideational functions respectively to see how the semantic potential is expressed. This paper aims at exploring a new model for discourse analysis in the reading classes of English majors.