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1、I Have a DreamBy Zheng LingSubmitted to the School of Further Education in Partial Fulfillment to the Requirements for Graduation of Junior College in English Under the Supervision of (Associate) Professor Hu ZuoyouJune, 2011合肥工业大学继续教育学院2009级毕业论文AcknowledgementsI gratefully acknowledge all those peo
2、ple who have assisted me in the process of completing my graduation thesis. Without their help, this thesis would have been impossible.First and foremost, I would like to express my great appreciation to my supervisor, Mr. Li , who has followed my toils with invariable kindness and patience, reading
3、 as well as correcting this dissertation at different stages of its conception, giving me advice instructive and constructive in addition to valuable encouragement.Finally, thanks go to my classmates and my dearest parents, who in one way or another have given me help and encouragement during my wor
4、k on this thesis.I Have a DreamAbstract: On the base of the definition of stylistics, this thesis gives a detailed analysis of some the of stylistic devices used in the famous speech by the well-known American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and then probes into the stylistic c
5、haracteristics of speech as a style.Key words: Stylistics, Stylistic devices, analysis, speech.我有一个梦的文体分析摘 要：本文首先阐述了文体学的定义，并在此基础上对对美国著名黑人领袖马丁. 路德.金的著名演讲我有一个梦中所使用的文体手段进行了详尽的分析，进而对演讲文体的风格进行了简要的论述。关键词：文体学；文体手段；分析；演讲ContentsAcknowledgementsiAbstractiiKey Wordsii摘要iii关键词iiiConte ntsivChapter One Introduc
6、tion1Chapter Two Related Information of the Speech I HAVE A DREAM and Its Author2Chapter Three A Stylistic Analysis of the Speech (An analysis of some of the stylistic devices used in the speech)33.1 Repetition:33.2 Use of Parallelism53.2.1parallel nouns53.2.2Parallel noun phrases6 3.2.3Parallel inf
7、initive phrases6 3.2.4Parallel prepositional phrases.7 3.3Use of Similes and Metaphors.7 3.4Use of Contrast.7Chapter Four Conclusion8Bibliography9iAs an interdisciplinary field of study, stylistics promises to offer useful insights into literary criticism and the teaching of literature with its expl
8、icit aims and effective techniques. It is very useful in the analysis of various styles of writing. In this thesis, the author tries to offer a stylistic analysis of the famous speech by Martin Luther king, Jr. I Have a Dream.1. Introduction: Definition of Stylistics and Stylistic AnalysisAs far as
9、the definition of stylistics is concerned different scholars define the branch of study in different ways. Wales defines stylistics simply as “ the study of style” (1989:437), while Widdowson provides a more informative definition as “the study of literary discourse from a linguistic orientation” an
10、d takes “a view that what distinguishes stylistics from literary criticism on the one hand and linguistics on the other is that it is essentially a means of linking the two” (1975:3). Leech holds a similar view. He defines stylistics as the “study of the use of language in literature” (1969:1) and c
11、onsiders stylistics a “meeting-ground of linguistics and literary study”(1969:2). From what Widdowson and Leech say, we can see that stylistics is an area of study that straddles two disciplines: literary criticism and linguistics. It takes literary discourse (text) as its object of study and uses l
12、inguistics as a means to that end.Stylistic analysis is generally concerned with the uniqueness of a text; that is, whatit is that is peculiar to the uses of language in a literary text for delivering the message. This naturally involves comparisons of the language of the text with that used in conv
13、entional types of discourse. Stylisticians may also wish to characterize the style of a literary text by Systematically comparing the language uses in that text with those in another. Halliday points out, “The text may be seen as this in contrast with that, with another poem or another novel; stylis
14、tics studies are essentially comparative in nature”(1971:341). On this points, Widdowson is of the same opinion as Halliday. He says：“All literary appreciation is comparative, as indeed is a recognition of styles in general” (1975:84). Thus, we may conclude that stylistic analysis is an activity tha
15、t is highly comparative in nature.2. Related Information of the Speech I HAVE A DREAM and Its Author Martin Luther King, jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of a clergyman and the grandson of a slave. After attending several colleges he received his Ph. D. in theology from Boston University in 1955. He led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955-1956. As president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he then led civil rights demonstrations in many cities. In 1963 he h
