This thesis attempts to analyze the presentation of Duke's power in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess through theory of transitivity in functional stylistics. Through transitivity analysis, Duke's dominati...This thesis attempts to analyze the presentation of Duke's power in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess through theory of transitivity in functional stylistics. Through transitivity analysis, Duke's dominating position will be revealed, and the thematic significance and language features of this poem would be shed light upon as well.展开更多
In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opin...In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opinion that the discourse participants move through the space lattice while their viewpoint and their focus shift as they go from one space to the next.Cognitive linguistics demands the learners to focus on the dynamic pattern of interaction between mental and discourse.Therefore,mental space theory is widely used in discourse analysis.This thesis takes My Last Duchess,a famous dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning,as the resource of analysis to see how dose mental space theory applied in discourse analysis to constituent an exhaustive and entire comprehension of the discourse.展开更多
Usually people will see a cruel,autocratic duke and a silent,mild-mannered late duchess in " My Last Duchess".However,after deconstructing Browning' s contradictory use of binary oppositions in this poem...Usually people will see a cruel,autocratic duke and a silent,mild-mannered late duchess in " My Last Duchess".However,after deconstructing Browning' s contradictory use of binary oppositions in this poem,it will unfold the ambiguous beauty of the poem and give us a brand new interpretation of the Duke and the Duchess.展开更多
The diachronic method is applied to analyze the works of the representative writers of the corresponding period.By comparing the features of poems,a conclusion can be drawn that the authors tried to reveal the social ...The diachronic method is applied to analyze the works of the representative writers of the corresponding period.By comparing the features of poems,a conclusion can be drawn that the authors tried to reveal the social truth.It attempts to carry forward the characteristics of dramatic monologue and also hopes it will enrich the expressions of English poetry so that poetry presents a qualitative leap.展开更多
文摘This thesis attempts to analyze the presentation of Duke's power in Robert Browning's My Last Duchess through theory of transitivity in functional stylistics. Through transitivity analysis, Duke's dominating position will be revealed, and the thematic significance and language features of this poem would be shed light upon as well.
文摘In the view of cognitive linguistics,mental spaces are small conceptual packets constructed as we think and talk,for purposes of local understanding and action(Fauconnier&.Turner 2002:87).Fauconnier holds the opinion that the discourse participants move through the space lattice while their viewpoint and their focus shift as they go from one space to the next.Cognitive linguistics demands the learners to focus on the dynamic pattern of interaction between mental and discourse.Therefore,mental space theory is widely used in discourse analysis.This thesis takes My Last Duchess,a famous dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning,as the resource of analysis to see how dose mental space theory applied in discourse analysis to constituent an exhaustive and entire comprehension of the discourse.
文摘Usually people will see a cruel,autocratic duke and a silent,mild-mannered late duchess in " My Last Duchess".However,after deconstructing Browning' s contradictory use of binary oppositions in this poem,it will unfold the ambiguous beauty of the poem and give us a brand new interpretation of the Duke and the Duchess.
文摘The diachronic method is applied to analyze the works of the representative writers of the corresponding period.By comparing the features of poems,a conclusion can be drawn that the authors tried to reveal the social truth.It attempts to carry forward the characteristics of dramatic monologue and also hopes it will enrich the expressions of English poetry so that poetry presents a qualitative leap.
