内容提要 本书是运用语言学理论和分析方法解析诗歌语言的开山之作。作者以“前景化”为主线,重点介绍了诗歌语言的特点及其变异形式,用丰富的实例与翔实的解析引导我们运用语言学分析方法赏析英诗,为我们研究文学语言的本质和属性提供了许多宝贵的启示和依据。本书理论阐述清晰易懂,既适合专业研究者与高校师生,也适合喜爱英文诗歌的一般读者。 目录 ContentsForeword xPreface iAcknowledgments xxvINTRODUCTION 10.1?The ‘lang.-lit.’ problem 10.2?A descriptive rhetoric 30.3?Poetic language and ‘ordinary’ language 50.4?A possible misgiving 6Notes 71?POETRY AND THE LANGUAGE OF PAST AND PRESENT 81.1?Varieties of English usage 81.2?Linguistic convention in poetry 12Examples for discussion 19Notes 222?THE CREATIVE USE OF LANGUAGE 232.1?The escape from banality 232.2?Two meanings of ‘creative’ 242.3?The qualities of prose in poetry 252.4?Degrees of linguistic audacity 29Examples for discussion 33Notes 353?VARIETIES OF POETIC LICENCE 363.1?Anatomy of language 373.2?Types of deviation 423.3?Conclusion 52Examples for discussion 53Notes 544?FOREGROUNDING AND INTERPRETATION 564.1?Foregrounding 564.2?Interpretation 584.3?Parallelism 62Examples for discussion 69Notes 715?VERBAL REPETITION 735.1?Schemes and tropes 745.2?Formal repetitions 76Examples for discussion 86Notes 886?PATTERNS OF SOUND 896.1?Sound patterns within syllables 896.2?Sound patterns in relation to stress 916.3?‘Music’ in poetry 936.4?The interpretation of sound patterns 95Examples for discussion 100Notes 1027?METRE 1037.1?Rhythm and metre 1037.2?The rhythm of English 1047.3?Metre and the line of verse 1117.4?The interaction of rhythm and verse form 1197.5?Grammar and metre 122For discussion 128Notes 1288?THE IRRATIONAL IN POETRY 1318.1?A logical view of meaning 1318.2?Redundancy in poetry 1368.3?Absurdity in poetry 1408.4?Beyond reason and credibility 143Examples for discussion 144Notes 1469?FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 1479.1?Transference of meaning 1489.2?Aspects of metaphor 153Examples for discussion 164Notes 16510?HONEST DECEPTIONS 16610.1?Hyperbole and litotes 16710.2?Irony 171Examples for discussion 179Notes 18211?IMPLICATIONS OF CONTEXT 18311.1?Licences of situation 18411.2?The given situation 18711.3?The ‘world within the poem’ 18911.4?Situation and action 19911.5?Conclusion 201Examples for discussion 202Notes 204 作者介绍 杰弗里· N. 利奇(Geoffrey N. Leech):英国知名语言学家、文体学家、哲学家,曾任英国学术院院士、兰卡斯特大学语言学及现代英语系教授。 序言
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