Kate Chopin,one of the most outstanding women writers in the late nineteenth century in America,focused on women’s social position,marriage and family,love and freedom to fight against patriarchalism.She wrote two no...Kate Chopin,one of the most outstanding women writers in the late nineteenth century in America,focused on women’s social position,marriage and family,love and freedom to fight against patriarchalism.She wrote two novels and about a hundred short stories in the 1890s.And over a long period of time,critics have considered The Story of an Hour as a work of feminism which offers a strikingly feminist perspective on an American housewife of that time.This thesis analyzes the inner experience of the heroine within an hour and shows us that freedom is so essential to her while her marriage is a yoke to her.展开更多
Speech Act Theory is one of the most important theories in pragmatic field.And this theory has gradually been applied into literary criticism.Irony is not only a generally-used communicative skill,but also a hot langu...Speech Act Theory is one of the most important theories in pragmatic field.And this theory has gradually been applied into literary criticism.Irony is not only a generally-used communicative skill,but also a hot language phenomenon in literature which aroused linguists,writers and even philosophers'interest.The speech act theory and the irony have one thing in common,which is the illocutionary act they both have.Accordingly,the combination of both can enable readers have a better understanding of the literature works.Hence,this thesis reviews theoretical research to analyze the relationship between irony and Speech Act Theory;elaborates on irony in A Good Man is Hard to Find on the basis of Speech Act Theory.展开更多
文摘Kate Chopin,one of the most outstanding women writers in the late nineteenth century in America,focused on women’s social position,marriage and family,love and freedom to fight against patriarchalism.She wrote two novels and about a hundred short stories in the 1890s.And over a long period of time,critics have considered The Story of an Hour as a work of feminism which offers a strikingly feminist perspective on an American housewife of that time.This thesis analyzes the inner experience of the heroine within an hour and shows us that freedom is so essential to her while her marriage is a yoke to her.
文摘Speech Act Theory is one of the most important theories in pragmatic field.And this theory has gradually been applied into literary criticism.Irony is not only a generally-used communicative skill,but also a hot language phenomenon in literature which aroused linguists,writers and even philosophers'interest.The speech act theory and the irony have one thing in common,which is the illocutionary act they both have.Accordingly,the combination of both can enable readers have a better understanding of the literature works.Hence,this thesis reviews theoretical research to analyze the relationship between irony and Speech Act Theory;elaborates on irony in A Good Man is Hard to Find on the basis of Speech Act Theory.
