Stylistics is the description and analysis of the variability of linguistic forms in actual language use. The concepts of 'style' and 'stylistic variation' in language rest on the general assumption th...Stylistics is the description and analysis of the variability of linguistic forms in actual language use. The concepts of 'style' and 'stylistic variation' in language rest on the general assumption that within the language system, the same content can be encoded in more than one linguistic form. Operating at all linguistic levels (e.g.lexicology,syntax, text linguistics, and intonation), stylisticians analyze both the style of specific texts and stylistic variation across texts. These texts can be literary or nonliterary in nature. Considering all the disadvantages in the college English teaching, it is necessary that stylistics be applied on the college English teaching, which can stimulate students' learning, improve their cognitive English knowledge and relive their interest on English.展开更多
An analysis of speech and thought presentation in"A Sunrise on the Veld"is made from stylistic perspective in this essay.Through analysis of different kinds of speech and thought presentation,the psychologic...An analysis of speech and thought presentation in"A Sunrise on the Veld"is made from stylistic perspective in this essay.Through analysis of different kinds of speech and thought presentation,the psychological changes of the protegonist is explored.The analysis reveals the stylistic effect of the alternation of speech and thought presentation.The use of alternation of speech and thought presentation contributes a lot to the success of this novel.This method of Stylistic analysis provides the readers a new perspective of appreciating the novel.展开更多
"The Fall of the House of Usher"is one of the most famous fictions of Edgar Allen Poe.He creates a suffocating horri ble atmosphere with many detailed descriptions.In order to realize the extreme terror effe..."The Fall of the House of Usher"is one of the most famous fictions of Edgar Allen Poe.He creates a suffocating horri ble atmosphere with many detailed descriptions.In order to realize the extreme terror effect,he pays much attention to the word selection and the sentence construction.Literary stylistics focuses on studying the unique characteristics,the choices of language and writing skills that the author adopts,and deeply analyzes the thematic meanings and artistic values of the literary work.This paper devotes to explore this fiction from three aspects:lexical level,grammatical level and discourse level to see how the author creates a horrible and gloomy atmosphere and deepens the theme of the fiction.展开更多
Stylistic study concerns itself with the situational features that influence variations in language use,the criterion for the classification of language variety,and the description and interpretation of the linguistic...Stylistic study concerns itself with the situational features that influence variations in language use,the criterion for the classification of language variety,and the description and interpretation of the linguistic features and functions of the main varieties(both literary and non-literary) of a language.At present,it is still a controversial topic about the difference between the literature and the non-literature.Actually,the boundary between the literary and the non-literary is not very clear,but vague.If we apply the language of exquisite AD to the literature class and discuss them together with poetry,its "literariness" and "aesthetic value" will not be less awe-inspiring.展开更多
Internet language is the product of modern technology, especially for the advancement of Information Technology. It is a social and linguistic phenomenon which has its own stylistic and rhetoric patterns and styles co...Internet language is the product of modern technology, especially for the advancement of Information Technology. It is a social and linguistic phenomenon which has its own stylistic and rhetoric patterns and styles compared with other languages.The reasons for the emergence of Internet language can be summarised into three kinds: firstly, the netizens need distinct languages to show their personalities and enhance the impacts of languages such as sadness, angriness and happiness; secondly, the keyboard makes it hard to type the whole sentences when people online chatting or other activities; lastly, it is fast and convenient,especially when some online activities are time-consuming. Internet languages make the most use of the functions of linguistic deviation and satisfy the psychological and practical needs of netizens.展开更多
The author's paper is an attempt to investigate the success of the pedagogy of stylistics and pedagogical stylistics in the Namibian context. As an applied linguistics course, stylistics is eminently suitable for stu...The author's paper is an attempt to investigate the success of the pedagogy of stylistics and pedagogical stylistics in the Namibian context. As an applied linguistics course, stylistics is eminently suitable for study and analysis of literature, because it clearly explicates literary effects through linguistic analysis. Many scholars have illustrated the use of stylistics analysis for the purposes of studying literature and teaching it, which is, pedagogical stylistics. However, this paper combines both the study of Stylistics as a discipline, which is the pedagogy of Stylistics, and the use of stylistics for teaching literature in general and poetry in particular. Namibia adopted English as its official language 22 years ago. Since then, both teachers and students have been struggling with the analysis of poetry. This study is an empirical one using qualitative methods in the author's research to determine the impact of the study of Stylistics on the understanding and teaching of literature in Namibia. The author uses traditional British poetry from the 16th century up to the 20th century alongside postcolonial poetry to assess the importance of culture in understanding poetry and examine the advantage of using stylistics to teach the poems that the author selects.展开更多
Language learners can hardly develop their communicative competence and aesthetic appreciation of literary works without the awareness of stylistics. Since CET-4 and CET-6 direct college students in China, as learners...Language learners can hardly develop their communicative competence and aesthetic appreciation of literary works without the awareness of stylistics. Since CET-4 and CET-6 direct college students in China, as learners of English as a foreign language, what to learn and how to learn English, they naturally reflect the importance of stylistics. This paper gives a stylistic analysis of the listening and reading part in CET-4 and CET-6 to show it is important for non-English majors to have some knowledge of stylistics.展开更多
Both stylistics and literature are important courses for the English majors. How to apply stylistics theory in the literary analysis is important. The paper aims to provide some introduction of stylistics, its major d...Both stylistics and literature are important courses for the English majors. How to apply stylistics theory in the literary analysis is important. The paper aims to provide some introduction of stylistics, its major domains and its contribution in analysing literature. It is suggested that characteristics of the language in a particular context can be identified within the guidelines of stylistic categories and that a better comprehension as well as appropriateness and effectiveness of the examined text can be achieved. With the help of stylistic analysis of novel The Portrait of a Lady (1996) by Henry James, its style can be appreciated from phonological, lexical and grammatical aspects.展开更多
Stylistics applies modem linguistic theory to the description of and analysis into varieties of language and their stylistic features. As such it may serve to investigate the styles of British and American literary wo...Stylistics applies modem linguistic theory to the description of and analysis into varieties of language and their stylistic features. As such it may serve to investigate the styles of British and American literary works, thus facilitating the teaching of British and American literature. This paper, after surveying the basic stylistic theory and its relevance to research on and teaching of literature, illustrates how to effectively adopt the method of stylistic analysis in the teaching of British and American literature展开更多
2.2.3. Simple and Complex Sentences There is no general answer to the question whether a writer should use simple/one-clause sentences or complex ones. But choice between those two structures should not be made withou...2.2.3. Simple and Complex Sentences There is no general answer to the question whether a writer should use simple/one-clause sentences or complex ones. But choice between those two structures should not be made without considerations. Generally speaking, if the aim of the writer is to provide the reader with a complex structure of ideas and a complex reading experience, then complex sentences are preferred. If the writer uses a succession of simple sentences, there will be no obvious indication of relationship between the ideas conveyed in each separate sentence. Nor will there be any indication of the relative importance of the sentences. Therefore, simple sen-展开更多
Stylistics is the study of style. It is a branch of linguistics concerned with the study of characteristic choices in use of language, made by different individuals or social groups in different situations of use. Acc...Stylistics is the study of style. It is a branch of linguistics concerned with the study of characteristic choices in use of language, made by different individuals or social groups in different situations of use. According to Martin (1991), grammatical metaphor is the process by which the meanings are multiply-coded at the level of grammar. Meaning variation represented by lexicogrammatical changes are metaphor, and meaning differences represented by sound system may also bring about metaphorical phenomenon. This paper seeks to explore the stylistic value of intonation metaphor in functional stylistics by analyzing the distribution of intonation metaphors in both public speeches and news reports.展开更多
This paper makes a comparative study of three Chinese versions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four by applying the theories and methodologies of literary stylistics and narratology.The study first scrutinizes the...This paper makes a comparative study of three Chinese versions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four by applying the theories and methodologies of literary stylistics and narratology.The study first scrutinizes the distinctive stylistic features and narrative forms of the source text(ST)and then continues to examine whether these features and forms are successfully represented in the target text(TT).Moreover,it seeks to answer the questions of why“deceptive equivalence”occurs and how the“literariness”in the fiction can be retained and stylistic equivalence can be achieved in translation.展开更多
Having drawn widespread attention and appreciation,Robert Frost's poem—The Road Not Taken is known to be rich in thematic sensation and meaning.In exploring the enduring charms of this poem,the present paper atte...Having drawn widespread attention and appreciation,Robert Frost's poem—The Road Not Taken is known to be rich in thematic sensation and meaning.In exploring the enduring charms of this poem,the present paper attempts to analyze it on the phonetic level in perspective of literary stylistics through which the poet enhances the aesthetic beauty in sound.展开更多
Hills Like White Elephants is a short story written by Hemingway in 1927. The story of Hills Like White Elephants takesplace in an unknown small railway station in northern Spain. A young couple are waiting for the ex...Hills Like White Elephants is a short story written by Hemingway in 1927. The story of Hills Like White Elephants takesplace in an unknown small railway station in northern Spain. A young couple are waiting for the express to Barcelona. The storystarts the dialogue of the novel, which is simple and easy to understand, but vividly describes the rich inner world of the protagonists.The novel with only a few thousand words vividly shows Hemingway's unique narrative style. Hemingway uses irony, symbolism,semantics level and syntax level to depict the psychological state of characters. The Foregrounding theory of stylistics is usedto analyze the theme text and the style of Hemingway from two aspects—Deviation and Over-Regularity.展开更多
The Color Purple is the master work of the outstanding black woman writer Alice Walker. Since it was published, there are both praise and criticism towards it, while the artistic value is unblamable and it can be said...The Color Purple is the master work of the outstanding black woman writer Alice Walker. Since it was published, there are both praise and criticism towards it, while the artistic value is unblamable and it can be said to be the classic work in American literature. The book tells the story of a woman from the south of America who gradually awoke and pursued her happiness suffering from the oppression and humiliation of the patriarchal society. The work successfully retells the life experience of Celie the protagonist. The thesis, based on the narratological stylistics, analyzes the narrative method and style of The Color Purple and thus discusses the unique narrative form, the artistic charm and the stylistic value of the novel.展开更多
The Color Purple is one of the most outstanding works of Alice Walker, and more and more people keep close eyes on the novel. In the thesis, it is intended to explore Alice Walker's writing style from a stylistic ...The Color Purple is one of the most outstanding works of Alice Walker, and more and more people keep close eyes on the novel. In the thesis, it is intended to explore Alice Walker's writing style from a stylistic perspective, trying to explain how the"meaning"of The Color Purple is created through the writer's linguistic choices and narrative techniques, and to appreciate the beauty and strength hidden under the surface.展开更多
Literary stylistics,based on linguistics and literary criticism has developed into a new discipline,which is one importantmethod to analyze the fiction translation.The study on retranslation in the perspective of lite...Literary stylistics,based on linguistics and literary criticism has developed into a new discipline,which is one importantmethod to analyze the fiction translation.The study on retranslation in the perspective of literary stylistics is new.The Dead is thefinal and best-known story of Dubliners.This paper aims to analyze three Chinese versions of The Dead in the perspective of liter-ary stylistics in order to test the validity of retranslation hypothesis.展开更多
Scholars have studied The Snows of Kilimanjaro from different angles, but few have focused on the stylistic features of it. If approaching The Snows of Kilimanjaro from the perspective of literary stylistics, readers ...Scholars have studied The Snows of Kilimanjaro from different angles, but few have focused on the stylistic features of it. If approaching The Snows of Kilimanjaro from the perspective of literary stylistics, readers will find the following: The fiction seems fragmented and difficult to understand, but the employment of repetition, parallelism, symbolism, metaphor, pun, oxymoron and stream of consciousness technique makes it a unified whole. The repetition of"death"by Harry himself and the use of symbolism lead readers to understand the final ending of Harry: death out of gangrene. Also, through repetition, a character that has no love and who regrets over his waste of talent is presented to the readers. The use of stream of consciousness technique provides readers with a window into Harry's past life and his deeply poignant personal regret. Harry has the potentiality to make achievements in writing, but he, disillusioned by war, wasted his talent due to lying, laziness, incontinence, and indulgence in comfort life. He had died spiritually even before he got infected. The rescue by the plane is just Harry's illusion, and the rebirth of him may only be the author or the readers'expectation.展开更多
The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences ...The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences in many categories. In this paper, a comparison of the two styles at phonological level, graphological level, lexical level, syntactic level, semantic level and other levels will be given. They will also be compared with other related styles briefly. Finally, the author will figure out outcome of the study and give conclusions.展开更多
文摘Stylistics is the description and analysis of the variability of linguistic forms in actual language use. The concepts of 'style' and 'stylistic variation' in language rest on the general assumption that within the language system, the same content can be encoded in more than one linguistic form. Operating at all linguistic levels (e.g.lexicology,syntax, text linguistics, and intonation), stylisticians analyze both the style of specific texts and stylistic variation across texts. These texts can be literary or nonliterary in nature. Considering all the disadvantages in the college English teaching, it is necessary that stylistics be applied on the college English teaching, which can stimulate students' learning, improve their cognitive English knowledge and relive their interest on English.
文摘An analysis of speech and thought presentation in"A Sunrise on the Veld"is made from stylistic perspective in this essay.Through analysis of different kinds of speech and thought presentation,the psychological changes of the protegonist is explored.The analysis reveals the stylistic effect of the alternation of speech and thought presentation.The use of alternation of speech and thought presentation contributes a lot to the success of this novel.This method of Stylistic analysis provides the readers a new perspective of appreciating the novel.
文摘"The Fall of the House of Usher"is one of the most famous fictions of Edgar Allen Poe.He creates a suffocating horri ble atmosphere with many detailed descriptions.In order to realize the extreme terror effect,he pays much attention to the word selection and the sentence construction.Literary stylistics focuses on studying the unique characteristics,the choices of language and writing skills that the author adopts,and deeply analyzes the thematic meanings and artistic values of the literary work.This paper devotes to explore this fiction from three aspects:lexical level,grammatical level and discourse level to see how the author creates a horrible and gloomy atmosphere and deepens the theme of the fiction.
文摘Stylistic study concerns itself with the situational features that influence variations in language use,the criterion for the classification of language variety,and the description and interpretation of the linguistic features and functions of the main varieties(both literary and non-literary) of a language.At present,it is still a controversial topic about the difference between the literature and the non-literature.Actually,the boundary between the literary and the non-literary is not very clear,but vague.If we apply the language of exquisite AD to the literature class and discuss them together with poetry,its "literariness" and "aesthetic value" will not be less awe-inspiring.
文摘Internet language is the product of modern technology, especially for the advancement of Information Technology. It is a social and linguistic phenomenon which has its own stylistic and rhetoric patterns and styles compared with other languages.The reasons for the emergence of Internet language can be summarised into three kinds: firstly, the netizens need distinct languages to show their personalities and enhance the impacts of languages such as sadness, angriness and happiness; secondly, the keyboard makes it hard to type the whole sentences when people online chatting or other activities; lastly, it is fast and convenient,especially when some online activities are time-consuming. Internet languages make the most use of the functions of linguistic deviation and satisfy the psychological and practical needs of netizens.
文摘The author's paper is an attempt to investigate the success of the pedagogy of stylistics and pedagogical stylistics in the Namibian context. As an applied linguistics course, stylistics is eminently suitable for study and analysis of literature, because it clearly explicates literary effects through linguistic analysis. Many scholars have illustrated the use of stylistics analysis for the purposes of studying literature and teaching it, which is, pedagogical stylistics. However, this paper combines both the study of Stylistics as a discipline, which is the pedagogy of Stylistics, and the use of stylistics for teaching literature in general and poetry in particular. Namibia adopted English as its official language 22 years ago. Since then, both teachers and students have been struggling with the analysis of poetry. This study is an empirical one using qualitative methods in the author's research to determine the impact of the study of Stylistics on the understanding and teaching of literature in Namibia. The author uses traditional British poetry from the 16th century up to the 20th century alongside postcolonial poetry to assess the importance of culture in understanding poetry and examine the advantage of using stylistics to teach the poems that the author selects.
文摘Language learners can hardly develop their communicative competence and aesthetic appreciation of literary works without the awareness of stylistics. Since CET-4 and CET-6 direct college students in China, as learners of English as a foreign language, what to learn and how to learn English, they naturally reflect the importance of stylistics. This paper gives a stylistic analysis of the listening and reading part in CET-4 and CET-6 to show it is important for non-English majors to have some knowledge of stylistics.
文摘Both stylistics and literature are important courses for the English majors. How to apply stylistics theory in the literary analysis is important. The paper aims to provide some introduction of stylistics, its major domains and its contribution in analysing literature. It is suggested that characteristics of the language in a particular context can be identified within the guidelines of stylistic categories and that a better comprehension as well as appropriateness and effectiveness of the examined text can be achieved. With the help of stylistic analysis of novel The Portrait of a Lady (1996) by Henry James, its style can be appreciated from phonological, lexical and grammatical aspects.
文摘Stylistics applies modem linguistic theory to the description of and analysis into varieties of language and their stylistic features. As such it may serve to investigate the styles of British and American literary works, thus facilitating the teaching of British and American literature. This paper, after surveying the basic stylistic theory and its relevance to research on and teaching of literature, illustrates how to effectively adopt the method of stylistic analysis in the teaching of British and American literature
文摘2.2.3. Simple and Complex Sentences There is no general answer to the question whether a writer should use simple/one-clause sentences or complex ones. But choice between those two structures should not be made without considerations. Generally speaking, if the aim of the writer is to provide the reader with a complex structure of ideas and a complex reading experience, then complex sentences are preferred. If the writer uses a succession of simple sentences, there will be no obvious indication of relationship between the ideas conveyed in each separate sentence. Nor will there be any indication of the relative importance of the sentences. Therefore, simple sen-
文摘Stylistics is the study of style. It is a branch of linguistics concerned with the study of characteristic choices in use of language, made by different individuals or social groups in different situations of use. According to Martin (1991), grammatical metaphor is the process by which the meanings are multiply-coded at the level of grammar. Meaning variation represented by lexicogrammatical changes are metaphor, and meaning differences represented by sound system may also bring about metaphorical phenomenon. This paper seeks to explore the stylistic value of intonation metaphor in functional stylistics by analyzing the distribution of intonation metaphors in both public speeches and news reports.
文摘This paper makes a comparative study of three Chinese versions of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four by applying the theories and methodologies of literary stylistics and narratology.The study first scrutinizes the distinctive stylistic features and narrative forms of the source text(ST)and then continues to examine whether these features and forms are successfully represented in the target text(TT).Moreover,it seeks to answer the questions of why“deceptive equivalence”occurs and how the“literariness”in the fiction can be retained and stylistic equivalence can be achieved in translation.
文摘Having drawn widespread attention and appreciation,Robert Frost's poem—The Road Not Taken is known to be rich in thematic sensation and meaning.In exploring the enduring charms of this poem,the present paper attempts to analyze it on the phonetic level in perspective of literary stylistics through which the poet enhances the aesthetic beauty in sound.
文摘Hills Like White Elephants is a short story written by Hemingway in 1927. The story of Hills Like White Elephants takesplace in an unknown small railway station in northern Spain. A young couple are waiting for the express to Barcelona. The storystarts the dialogue of the novel, which is simple and easy to understand, but vividly describes the rich inner world of the protagonists.The novel with only a few thousand words vividly shows Hemingway's unique narrative style. Hemingway uses irony, symbolism,semantics level and syntax level to depict the psychological state of characters. The Foregrounding theory of stylistics is usedto analyze the theme text and the style of Hemingway from two aspects—Deviation and Over-Regularity.
文摘The Color Purple is the master work of the outstanding black woman writer Alice Walker. Since it was published, there are both praise and criticism towards it, while the artistic value is unblamable and it can be said to be the classic work in American literature. The book tells the story of a woman from the south of America who gradually awoke and pursued her happiness suffering from the oppression and humiliation of the patriarchal society. The work successfully retells the life experience of Celie the protagonist. The thesis, based on the narratological stylistics, analyzes the narrative method and style of The Color Purple and thus discusses the unique narrative form, the artistic charm and the stylistic value of the novel.
文摘The Color Purple is one of the most outstanding works of Alice Walker, and more and more people keep close eyes on the novel. In the thesis, it is intended to explore Alice Walker's writing style from a stylistic perspective, trying to explain how the"meaning"of The Color Purple is created through the writer's linguistic choices and narrative techniques, and to appreciate the beauty and strength hidden under the surface.
文摘Literary stylistics,based on linguistics and literary criticism has developed into a new discipline,which is one importantmethod to analyze the fiction translation.The study on retranslation in the perspective of literary stylistics is new.The Dead is thefinal and best-known story of Dubliners.This paper aims to analyze three Chinese versions of The Dead in the perspective of liter-ary stylistics in order to test the validity of retranslation hypothesis.
文摘Scholars have studied The Snows of Kilimanjaro from different angles, but few have focused on the stylistic features of it. If approaching The Snows of Kilimanjaro from the perspective of literary stylistics, readers will find the following: The fiction seems fragmented and difficult to understand, but the employment of repetition, parallelism, symbolism, metaphor, pun, oxymoron and stream of consciousness technique makes it a unified whole. The repetition of"death"by Harry himself and the use of symbolism lead readers to understand the final ending of Harry: death out of gangrene. Also, through repetition, a character that has no love and who regrets over his waste of talent is presented to the readers. The use of stream of consciousness technique provides readers with a window into Harry's past life and his deeply poignant personal regret. Harry has the potentiality to make achievements in writing, but he, disillusioned by war, wasted his talent due to lying, laziness, incontinence, and indulgence in comfort life. He had died spiritually even before he got infected. The rescue by the plane is just Harry's illusion, and the rebirth of him may only be the author or the readers'expectation.
文摘The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences in many categories. In this paper, a comparison of the two styles at phonological level, graphological level, lexical level, syntactic level, semantic level and other levels will be given. They will also be compared with other related styles briefly. Finally, the author will figure out outcome of the study and give conclusions.