从修辞学角度对富兰克林·罗斯福总统四次就职演讲（1933-1945）的分析研究

论文摘要

本文以富兰克林D罗斯福总统(罗斯福于1933年至1945年间连任四届美国总统)四次总统就职演讲稿为基础,探讨了政治与修辞之间的关系。综合国内外学者和研究人员对英语修辞学以及总统就职演讲的研究,文章从词汇和句法的角度,陈述和分析了罗斯福总统四次就职演讲中的修辞成分。本文从两个方面对修辞进行了讨论:美学修辞和交际修辞。在美学修辞方面,文章主要深刻揭示了罗斯福总统四次就职演说所运用的修辞手法,从而展现出了就职演讲的语言之美。另一方面,本文还从交际修辞学的角度研究了罗斯福总统四篇就职演说词中的抽象词,人称代词,句子长度以及句子结构,由此揭示出演讲词作为一种说服观众的手段,是如何运用在交际层面的。另外,本文还将社会和文化因素引入到了对演讲修辞的分析之中,以帮助读者更加清楚地了解政治家是如何利用这些社会文化因素,辅以修辞手段,来为自己的政治目的服务的。通过对罗斯福总统四次就职演讲词汇和句子层面上的修辞分析,我们不难看出,修辞实际上是政治家用来达成自己政治目的的一种手段。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 An Introduction to Rhetorics
• 1.1.1 The definition of rhetorics
• 1.1.2 The classification of rhetorics
• 1.1.3 Purposes of rhetorics
• 1.1.4 The highest principles of rhetorics
• 1.1.5 The rhetorical triangle
• 1.2 An Introduction to the Political Inaugural Address
• 1.3 An Introduction to the Background of Roosevelt's Four Inaugural Addresses
• 1.4 Database and Methodology
• 1.5 Objectives of the Paper
• 1.6 The Layout of the Paper
• Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 A General Survey of Rhetorics Study
• 2.1.1 Rhetorics study in China
• 2.1.2 Rhetorics study in Western countries
• 2.2 A Survey of the Presidential Inaugural Address
• 2.2.1 Presidential inaugural address study in China
• 2.2.2 Presidential inaugural address study in Western countries
• Chapter 3 RHETORICS ON THE LEXICAL LEVEL OF FDR'S FOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESSES
• 3.1 A General Survey of the Words Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• 3.2 Some Lexical Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• 3.2.1 Abstract words
• 3.2.2 Personal pronouns
• 3.2.3 Figures of speech on the lexical level
• 3.3 A Conclusion of the Lexical Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• Chapter 4 RHETORICS ON THE SYNTACTIC LEVEL OF FDR'S FOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESSES
• 4.1 A General Survey of Sentences Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• 4.2 Some Features of Sentences Used in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• 4.2.1 Sentence length
• 4.2.2 Sentence structure
• 4.2.3 Rhetorical sentences
• 4.3 A Conclusion of the Syntactic Features in FDR's Four Inaugural Addresses
• Chapter 5 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIXES