General stylistics: concentrating on the general features of various types of language use, including literary discourses and other practical styles
General stylistics
Some Senses of style
1) A man's style is his mind's voice. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
2) Proper words in proper places makes the true definition of a style. (Jonathan Swift)
Introduction to Stylistics
I. Introduction
What is stylistics? Modern Stylistics:
General Stylistics, Literary Stylistics
The Scope of Studies
Literary stylistics: concentrating on the unique features of various literary works, such as poem, novel, prose, drama…
Some Senses of style
5) Style is a shell surrounding a preexisting core of thought. It is regarded as an addition to a central core of thought or expression. (Nils Erik Enkvist)）
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Concepts of Style
• A person’s distinctive language habits, or the set of individual e
e.g. Hemingway’s style Henry James’s style Mark Twain’s style
Concepts of Style
2. Some or all of the language habits shared by a group of people at one time, or over a period of time. e.g. Elizabethan style the style of legal document the style of news reporting
Books for Reference
王佐良《英语文体学引论》 秦秀白《英语文体学入门》 钱瑗《实用文体学教程》 王守仁《英语文体学要略》 申丹《文学文体学与小说翻译》 张德禄《功能文体学》
I. Style and Stylistics
“Take an egg, and make a perforation in the base and a corresponding one in the apex. And then, apply the lips to the aperture, and by frocibly inhaling the breath, the shell is entirely discharged of its contents.”
After his father’s death, Peter had to change his job.
On the decease of his father, Mr Brown was obliged to seek alternative employment.
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Some Senses of style
6) Style is choice. It is the choice between alterative expressions. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
7) Style is a set of individual characteristics. It is the man himself. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
3) Style is the very thought itself. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
4) Style is ingratiation. It involves saying the right thing in the most effective way. (Nils Erik Enkvist)
Genres: news reports, advertisements, public speeches, scientific treatises, legal documents and other practical styles…
Attitudes: formal and informal language Media of communication: spoken English,
I. Style and Stylistics
“When I was a gal, they made a hole in each end and sucked.”
I. Style and Stylistics
When his dad died, Peter had to get another job.
written English, e-discourse Regions: British English, American English and
other regional dialects Social groups: standard and non-standard
language ( varieties of language)