This paper explores how the interpersonal meaning of power is realized by the lexico-grammatical patterns,taking one episode from the novel The Thorn Birds as examples.The analytical framework is drawn from systemic f...This paper explores how the interpersonal meaning of power is realized by the lexico-grammatical patterns,taking one episode from the novel The Thorn Birds as examples.The analytical framework is drawn from systemic functional grammar.The findings suggest that as a type of interpersonal meaning,power could be realized by non-reciprocal language patterns.The finding is meant to deepen our understanding of the relation between the meaning of text and the lexico-grammatical patterns that function to realize that meaning.展开更多
Story Theme has been one of the major concepts in both literary criticism study and stylistic study.The essential characteristics of story theme might be summarized as being subjective and inter-subjective,social and ...Story Theme has been one of the major concepts in both literary criticism study and stylistic study.The essential characteristics of story theme might be summarized as being subjective and inter-subjective,social and generalized,pervasive throughout the whole text but covered,conventional and recoverable,and multi-faceted.This paper mainly discusses two stylistic approaches to story theme study.Literary stylistic approach focuses on the covert side and multi-levelness of story theme;while functional stylistics attaches much importance to the mechanisms that function to realize story theme.展开更多
This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that recipr...This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that reciprocal patterns of power may be mutual-targeting or disjoint.A systematic network of both non-reciprocal and reciprocal pattern of power in fictional works is drawn on the basis of the analysis.展开更多
文摘This paper explores how the interpersonal meaning of power is realized by the lexico-grammatical patterns,taking one episode from the novel The Thorn Birds as examples.The analytical framework is drawn from systemic functional grammar.The findings suggest that as a type of interpersonal meaning,power could be realized by non-reciprocal language patterns.The finding is meant to deepen our understanding of the relation between the meaning of text and the lexico-grammatical patterns that function to realize that meaning.
文摘Story Theme has been one of the major concepts in both literary criticism study and stylistic study.The essential characteristics of story theme might be summarized as being subjective and inter-subjective,social and generalized,pervasive throughout the whole text but covered,conventional and recoverable,and multi-faceted.This paper mainly discusses two stylistic approaches to story theme study.Literary stylistic approach focuses on the covert side and multi-levelness of story theme;while functional stylistics attaches much importance to the mechanisms that function to realize story theme.
文摘This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that reciprocal patterns of power may be mutual-targeting or disjoint.A systematic network of both non-reciprocal and reciprocal pattern of power in fictional works is drawn on the basis of the analysis.