从国际上首部文体学手册看文体学的新发展

New Developments of Stylistics as Indicated by the First Handbook of Stylistics

在文体学的学科发展史上,劳特利奇出版社推出的国际上首部文体学手册具有里程碑意义。通过追溯五十年来代表性文体学文集的结构安排,可看到首部文体学手册所代表的文体学学科的进一步成熟。从手册层层呼应的历史回顾可以看到成熟阶段的文体学权威参考书对历史的充分重视。在文体学的发展史上,该手册首次另辟篇章来探讨文体学的新兴领域和未来发展趋势。这部文体学手册很好地把握了文体学的过去、现在和未来之间的关系,聚焦文体学关注的核心问题和当前的热门话题,其谋篇布局、基本内容和鲜明特色都反映出文体学的新发展。

The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics,as the first handbook in the field,takes on the significance of a milestone in the development of the discipline.Tracing the content design of representative volumes of essays in the stylistics field over the past half a century brings to light the disciplinary maturity.The handbook is marked by carefully-arranged historical review at three different levels that complement each other,reflecting the importance attached to historical perspective.In terms of the collections of essays in stylistics,the handbook for the first time devotes a section to emerging research and future trends.On the whole,the handbook exhibits a good command of the relation between the past,the present,and the future of the discipline,sets store by core issues and hot topics in stylistic research,and indicates the new developments of the discipline through its structural organization,basic content and various characteristics.