This study investigates the applicability and effectiveness of pragmatic-stylistic analysis in fictional dialogues.Taking Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story“Come Rain or Come Shine”in Nocturnes:Five Stories of Music and ...This study investigates the applicability and effectiveness of pragmatic-stylistic analysis in fictional dialogues.Taking Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story“Come Rain or Come Shine”in Nocturnes:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall as a case study,a detailed analysis of four fictional dialogues in this story has been conducted in the light of the cooperative principle,the im/politeness theory,and the turn-taking theory.The study has shown that pragmatic-stylistics offers a useful analytical tool in guiding readers to stylistically read character speech forms and interpret textual cues in conversation so as to gain a better insight into the characters’traits,their power relationships as well as the acceleration and deceleration in the narrative development.展开更多
With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the pr...With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the process of their identity quest as well as role identification.Through the specific analysis,it is concluded that the clones,represented by Kathy,Tommy and Ruth,have gained self-certainty and social identity by realizing the role identity as a“carer”and a“donor”,in the meantime,they have constructed their identity as social persons with souls like ordinary people.Furthermore,the findings shows that Never Let Me Go is actually a microcosm of human’s quest for identity.Ishiguro aims to express his meditation on human life in the novel:human life is a process of seeking self-identity and social roles,and then fulfilling the obligations of the roles,which confirms Ishiguro’s internationalism that he attempts to convey his contemplation on human existence through his works.展开更多
Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes ...Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes that run through his works.His novel Never Let Me Go tells a story of a group of clones growing up in the Hailsham,who are given the mission to donate organs at birth.So,there is no doubt that they will inevitably end their lives in the process of donating organs to human beings again and again.The tragic life of clones is determined by the motivation of human to create them.展开更多
英国作家石黑一雄的作品《克拉拉与太阳》(Klara and the Sun,2021)将背景设置在近景未来中的美国,藉由人工智能伙伴克拉拉的视角展现了一个充斥着不安与竞争的后人类社会。现阶段的相关批评主要集中于小说所批判的技术理性,而未能深入...英国作家石黑一雄的作品《克拉拉与太阳》(Klara and the Sun,2021)将背景设置在近景未来中的美国,藉由人工智能伙伴克拉拉的视角展现了一个充斥着不安与竞争的后人类社会。现阶段的相关批评主要集中于小说所批判的技术理性,而未能深入挖掘其核心情节,即乔西因基因提升罹患重症所引发的疾病伦理。从疾病伦理学的视角出发,小说中蕴含的唯科学主义疾病观与整体疾病观构成了小说独特的思想魅力。小说揭示了人类所持有的原子论式的唯科学主义疾病观的局限性,并藉此确立了整体疾病观的有效性,通过将乔西的疾病置于与他者、社会和生态的互动之中,整体疾病观从宏观层面确诊了乔西病因并最终使其痊愈。展开更多
文摘This study investigates the applicability and effectiveness of pragmatic-stylistic analysis in fictional dialogues.Taking Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story“Come Rain or Come Shine”in Nocturnes:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall as a case study,a detailed analysis of four fictional dialogues in this story has been conducted in the light of the cooperative principle,the im/politeness theory,and the turn-taking theory.The study has shown that pragmatic-stylistics offers a useful analytical tool in guiding readers to stylistically read character speech forms and interpret textual cues in conversation so as to gain a better insight into the characters’traits,their power relationships as well as the acceleration and deceleration in the narrative development.
文摘With the guidance of Erikson’s identity theory,the article analyzes the clones’identity exploration through role identification in Never Let Me Go.It interprets the clones’puzzlement about their identity,and the process of their identity quest as well as role identification.Through the specific analysis,it is concluded that the clones,represented by Kathy,Tommy and Ruth,have gained self-certainty and social identity by realizing the role identity as a“carer”and a“donor”,in the meantime,they have constructed their identity as social persons with souls like ordinary people.Furthermore,the findings shows that Never Let Me Go is actually a microcosm of human’s quest for identity.Ishiguro aims to express his meditation on human life in the novel:human life is a process of seeking self-identity and social roles,and then fulfilling the obligations of the roles,which confirms Ishiguro’s internationalism that he attempts to convey his contemplation on human existence through his works.
文摘Japanese British writer Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the leading writers in contemporary British literature.He has always been committed to creating works with universal significance.Responsibility and destiny are themes that run through his works.His novel Never Let Me Go tells a story of a group of clones growing up in the Hailsham,who are given the mission to donate organs at birth.So,there is no doubt that they will inevitably end their lives in the process of donating organs to human beings again and again.The tragic life of clones is determined by the motivation of human to create them.
文摘英国作家石黑一雄的作品《克拉拉与太阳》(Klara and the Sun,2021)将背景设置在近景未来中的美国,藉由人工智能伙伴克拉拉的视角展现了一个充斥着不安与竞争的后人类社会。现阶段的相关批评主要集中于小说所批判的技术理性,而未能深入挖掘其核心情节,即乔西因基因提升罹患重症所引发的疾病伦理。从疾病伦理学的视角出发,小说中蕴含的唯科学主义疾病观与整体疾病观构成了小说独特的思想魅力。小说揭示了人类所持有的原子论式的唯科学主义疾病观的局限性,并藉此确立了整体疾病观的有效性,通过将乔西的疾病置于与他者、社会和生态的互动之中,整体疾病观从宏观层面确诊了乔西病因并最终使其痊愈。
