To make a speech more appealing,expressive and persuasive,speaker has to do much work on its syntax,lexis and tropes,and arrange these elements in a more stylistically appropriate way.As for Frederick Douglass's T...To make a speech more appealing,expressive and persuasive,speaker has to do much work on its syntax,lexis and tropes,and arrange these elements in a more stylistically appropriate way.As for Frederick Douglass's The Hypocrisy of American Slavery,it is syntactically,lexically,and rhetorically perfect and eloquent.This paper aims to analyze the stylistic features of this speech from the lexical,syntactic and rhetorical perspectives,so as to argue that the deliberately employed stylistic layout of this speech helps Douglass convey his ideas and messages to the audience,and furthermore,enhances the angry tone of him to make the listener understand how adverse and unequal the situation was to the African American people in the 1850's America.展开更多
Slavery is probably the gloomiest page in human history,full of the nonhuman actions of white slaveholders and the misery of African Americans.After escaping from slavery successfully,Frederick Douglass present the in...Slavery is probably the gloomiest page in human history,full of the nonhuman actions of white slaveholders and the misery of African Americans.After escaping from slavery successfully,Frederick Douglass present the inhumanity of such a world in"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass."The work is generally held as one of the most famous narratives of former slaves during the same period.Basing on a close discussion of the work,this paper would try to figure out what strategies Douglass has used to build the authenticity of his narration.展开更多
As the term gothic has moved out from its confined space in 18th and 19th century European literature and is now applied to many literatures,both past and present,its definition has also become more and more expansive...As the term gothic has moved out from its confined space in 18th and 19th century European literature and is now applied to many literatures,both past and present,its definition has also become more and more expansive.The essay argues that critics should be more modest in the application of the gothic,not least by asking themselves whether“gothic”is the appropriate term to use to describe a specific plot turn or text.Especially in discussions of African American literature,the term gothic appears to this author sometimes misplaced.The essay gives a number of examples of problematic usages and of the risks associated with an overuse of“gothic,”among which are the reification of pain,a circular logic that does not elucidate anything,and the sidelining of other potential explanatory frameworks.展开更多
文摘To make a speech more appealing,expressive and persuasive,speaker has to do much work on its syntax,lexis and tropes,and arrange these elements in a more stylistically appropriate way.As for Frederick Douglass's The Hypocrisy of American Slavery,it is syntactically,lexically,and rhetorically perfect and eloquent.This paper aims to analyze the stylistic features of this speech from the lexical,syntactic and rhetorical perspectives,so as to argue that the deliberately employed stylistic layout of this speech helps Douglass convey his ideas and messages to the audience,and furthermore,enhances the angry tone of him to make the listener understand how adverse and unequal the situation was to the African American people in the 1850's America.
文摘Slavery is probably the gloomiest page in human history,full of the nonhuman actions of white slaveholders and the misery of African Americans.After escaping from slavery successfully,Frederick Douglass present the inhumanity of such a world in"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass."The work is generally held as one of the most famous narratives of former slaves during the same period.Basing on a close discussion of the work,this paper would try to figure out what strategies Douglass has used to build the authenticity of his narration.
文摘As the term gothic has moved out from its confined space in 18th and 19th century European literature and is now applied to many literatures,both past and present,its definition has also become more and more expansive.The essay argues that critics should be more modest in the application of the gothic,not least by asking themselves whether“gothic”is the appropriate term to use to describe a specific plot turn or text.Especially in discussions of African American literature,the term gothic appears to this author sometimes misplaced.The essay gives a number of examples of problematic usages and of the risks associated with an overuse of“gothic,”among which are the reification of pain,a circular logic that does not elucidate anything,and the sidelining of other potential explanatory frameworks.
