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1、Chapter1IntroductionDefinitionofStylisticsAreasonablestartforabookofthisnatureistobrieflyexaminehowthefieldhasbeendefined.Walesdefinesstylisticssimplyas"thestudyofstyle"(1989:437).Thisdefinitionisclearandconcise,butitdoesnottellusmuchaboutthefielduntilwehavehadagooddiscussionof
2、whatstyleis.Widdowsonprovidesamoreinformativedefinition:"Bystylistics,ImeanthestudyofliterarydiscoursefromalinguisticorientationandIshalltaketheviewthatwhatdistinguishesstylisticsfromliterarycriticismontheonehandandlinguisticsontheotheristhatitisessentiallyameansoflinkingthetwo
3、"(1975:3).Hefurtherexplainsthedefinitionfromthemorphologicalmake-upofthewordstylistics,pointingoutthatthe'styl'componentrelatesstylisticstoliterarycriticism,andthe'is-tics'componenttolinguistics.Leechholdsasimilarview.Hedefinesstylisticsasthe"studyoftheuseoflanguageinliterature
4、"(1969:1),andconsidersstylisticsa"meeting-groundoflinguisticsandliterarystudy"(1969:2).FromwhatWiddowsonandLeechsay,wecanseethatstylisticsisanareaofstudywhichstraddlestwodisciplines:literarycriticismandlinguistics.Ittakesliterarydiscourse(text)asitsobjectofstudyanduseslinguisti
5、csasameanstothatend.Thusdefined,wemayexcludetwokindsof'borderline'studies,workwhichisinsomewayslinguisticallyorientedbutnotdirectlyrelatedtoliteraryinterpretation(e.g.computer-orientedstudyofauthorship),andworkwhichisclaimedtodealwithstylebutdoesnotmakeuseoflinguisticfactsandth
6、eory.EmergenceofStylisticsasanInterdisciplinaryFieldofStudyThedatewhenstylisticsbecameafieldofacademicinquiryisdifficulttodetermine.However,itmaybesaidthatitwasnotuntilthelate1950'sthatstylisticsbegantoadvancewithsignificantandmeasurablestrides.In1958,thefirstconferenceonstylis
7、ticswasheldatIndianaUniversity,U.S.A.andelevenyearslater,anotherconferencewhichattractedspecialistsfromovertencountrieswasconvenedinBellagio,Italy.Thepaperspresentedanddiscussedatbothconferenceswerecharacterizedbysystematicandobjectiveanalysisofthelanguageofliteratureandwerelat
8、erpublished.Thisgreatlyhelpedstylisticstogainpopularit
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