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1、EnglishRhetoric英语修辞学I.ConnotationofRhetoric:rhetoric的含义1.Rhetoricmaybeusedasanordinary(普通用词)wordandatechnicalterm(专业术语).1)Asanordinaryword,rhetoricinaderogatorysensemeans“skilfulargumentation”(巧辩)and“emptyorexaggeratedeloquence”(虚夸的话).e.g.theexaggeratedrhetoricofpresidentialcamp
2、aigns(总统竞选期间唱的高调);theemptyrhetoricofthepoliticians(政客们的花言巧语);floweryrhetoric(华丽的辞藻)Rhetoricalsomeans(1)“languagedesignedtohaveapersuasiveorimpressiveeffectonitsaudience”(言语,辞令),e.g.employstirringrhetoric;soothingrhetoric;glowingrhetoric(2)“artisticlanguage”(艺术语言),e.g.therhetoric
3、offiction(小说的艺术语言);therhetoricoffilm(电影语言);bodyrhetoric(肢体语言)2)Asatechnicalterm,rhetorichasseveralsenses.InAmerica,thewritingcourseorthewritingtextbookisentitled“rhetoric”.Apartfromtheabovesenses,rhetoricalsohasthefollowingimportantsenses:(1)Speakingrhetoric(演讲修辞):theartofspeaki
4、ng(2)Compositionalrhetoric(写作修辞):theartofwriting(3)Stylisticrhetoric(风格修辞,文体修辞):thestyleofwriting2.Rhetoricmayalsobesubdividedintothefollowing:1)Lexicalrhetoric(词汇修辞):therhetoricallawofchoosingwordsandphrases2)Sentencerhetoric(句子修辞):therhetoricallawselectingsentencepatterns3)Par
5、agraphrhetoric(段落修辞):therhetoricallawoforganizingparagraphs4)textualrhetoric(语篇修辞):therhetoricallawoforganizingtextsII.DefinitionofRhetoric修辞学的定义Whatisrhetoric?1.Originofmodernrhetoric:现代修辞学的起源Rhetoricoriginatedin“speaking”(说话).Aristotle(亚里士多得),inthe4thcenturyBC,firstdefinedrhet
6、oricastheartofpersuasion,equivalenttoargumentationaspeopleunderstandtoday.JohnLocke(约翰.洛克),Englishphilosopherofthelate17thcentury,describedrhetoricas“thescienceoforatory(演说术)”or“theartofspeakingwithpropriety,eleganceandforce(修辞学是说话得体、优美和有力的艺术)”.Allthisexplainswhytheword“rhetoric
7、”means“speaking”insuchEuropeanlanguagesasGreek,Latin,French,SpanishandItalian.InthebookModernRhetoricbyAmericanlinguistsBrooks(布鲁克斯)andWarren(沃伦)rhetoricisdefinedas“theartofusinglanguageeffectively(修辞学是有效地使用语言的艺术)”.IntheNewOxfordDictionaryofEnglishrhetoricisdescribedas“theartofe
8、ffectiveorpersuasivespeakingorwriting,especiall