对比修辞理论在英语专业写作中的调查研究

论文摘要

始于1966年由美国学者R. B.卡普兰倡导的对比修辞着力探究不同文化在修辞模式上的差别。对比修辞最主要的理论假说是,不同的言语社团拥有属于各自不同的修辞写作模式,母语的修辞模式对二语写作产生负面的影响。本文运用英汉写作修辞对比研究的系统理论为指导,秉着真实描绘对比修辞在大学英语专业写作教学中的应用为目的,从英语专业大一组和大三组中各分别抽取了40篇作文进行对比性研究。调查结果发现,仅就文章的修辞模式上来说,两组学生并没有表现出太大的差别。此外,本文还组织了问卷调查和结构性访谈,其结果将对上述研究做进一步的补充说明。这项调查研究的结果说明了在对英语专业学生的写作教学中,对比修辞理论假说不可避免的被忽视了,尽管它的初衷是为了促进二语写作水平。英语专业学生在二语写作中仍习惯性地受到本族语写作传统的影响,忽视了因文化因素可能带来的修辞写作模式的差别。这一意想不到的结果应当引起英语写作教师的重视,这样或许可以启发英语写作教学水平的进一步提升,即把对比修辞的系统理论同写作教学实践有效结合,最终使英语专业学生从中受益。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Current Situation of English Majors Writing in College
• 1.2 Objectives and Organizations of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 The Development of Modern Contrastive Rhetoric
• 2.1.1 The Beginning of Modern Contrastive Rhetoric
• 2.1.2 Historical Evolution of Contrastive Rhetoric
• 2.1.3 Contrastive Rhetoric & Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
• 2.1.4 Pedagogical Implications of Contrastive Rhetoric
• 2.1.5 Problems Ensued from Rhetorical Conflict
• 2.1.6 Relevant Research on Contrastive Rhetoric at Home and Abroad
• 2.2 Classical Rhetoric
• 2.2.1 Classical Rhetoric
• 2.2.2 “New”Rhetoric
• 2.3 Rhetorical Differences in English and Chinese Writing
• 2.3.1 “Linear”Vs “Spiral”Textual Patterns
• 2.3.2 “Logic”Vs “Emotion”in Paragraph Partition
• 2.3.3 “Analytic”Vs “Accumulative”Ways of Reasoning
• 2.3.4 “Writer-responsible”Vs “Reader-responsible”Rhetoric
• 2.3.5 Favor Vs Avoidance of “I-ness”
• Chapter 3 Research Methodology on Rhetorical Patterns in Chinese English Major Writing
• 3.1 Research Hypotheses
• 3.2 Research Design
• 3.2.1 Subjects
• 3.2.2 Instruments
• 3.2.3 Data Analysis
• Chapter 4 Results and Discussions
• 4.1 Placement of Thesis Statement
• 4.2 Strategies of Conclusion
• 4.3 Topical Structure Analysis
• 4.4 Rhetorical Constructs
• 4.5 Data Obtained from the Questionnaire
• 4.6 Data Obtained from the Structured Interview
• Chapter 5: Conclusion
• 5.1 Implications in Classroom Teaching
• 5.2 Limitations of the Research
• References
• Appendix I: Questionnaire
• Appendix II: Follow-up Structured Interview
• Appendix III: Original Data from the Questionnaire
• Appendix IV: Samples
• 在校期间公开发表论文及著作情况
• Acknowledgements