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1、PolitenessinEnglishLiteraryDiscourse:ADiachronicStudybyUndertheSupervisionofProfessorChenXinrenSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterofArtsA.EnglishDepartmentSchoolofForeignStudiesNanjingUniversityNovember200565Iherebydeclarethatthissubmissionismyownworkandthat,tothebesto
2、fmyknowledgeandbelief,itcontainsnomaterialpreviouslypublishedorwrittenbyanotherpersonormaterialwhichhastoasubstantialextentbeenacceptedfortheawardofanyotherdegreeordiplomaatanyuniversityorotherinstituteofhigherlearning,exceptwheredueacknowledgementhasbeenmadeinthetext.Signature:__________Name:Date:N
3、ov.27,200565ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIwouldliketotakethisopportunitytoexpressmygratitudetothosewhohaveofferedmeallkindsofhelpincompletingthisthesis.Firsofall,mysincerethanksgotomysupervisor,ProfessorChenXinren,whohelpedmealotthroughoutthedevelopmentandrevisionofthisthesis.HealsohelpedmegetthecorereferencesIn
4、eededinthethesis.Hereadseveraldraftsofthethesisandofferedmanyvaluablesuggestions.Withouthisencouragementandguidance,Icouldnothavecompletedthisthesis.IalsoowethankstoProfessorDingYanren,ProfessorWenQiufang,ProfessorWangWenyu,ProfessorZhangRen,ProfessorKePingandProfessorDonSnow,whoseinstructionbenefit
5、edmealot.MyspecialthanksalsogotoMissNieYuefang,MissChenYing,MissWuJue,andMr.RenYuxinfromtheEnglishDepartmentofNanjingUniversity,whohelpedmesolveproblemsinplanningofthestudyandtheresearchdesigninthethesisseminar;andtoMissXuFangfang,MissWangYuanfeiandMissWangXiaoyaninmydormitory,whogavemealotofvaluabl
6、eadviceinthisthesis.Lastbutnotleast,Iwanttoexpressmythankstomyparentsandmyhusband,whonotonlyprovidedmewiththeencouragementandfinancialsupportbutalsoreleasedmefromthehouseworkduringmythesiswritingandmypostgraduatestudies.65ABSTRACTThisthesisreportsacomparativestudyofthepolitenessphenomenoninEnglishli
7、terarydiscourse.Itaimsatfiguringouthowpeopleperformdirectivespeechactspolitelyintwoliterarytextswrittenintwodifferenthistoricalperiods,howpolitenessstrategiesdevelopdiachronicallyandhowsocialdistanceb