chapter 1 introduction.ppt

English RhetoricChapter 1 1.?Optional course of English Major 2. Teaching Objects: seniors of English Major 3. Purpose: General idea about English rhetoric a brief and interesting survey of the history of rhetoric with emphasis on several major classical rhetoricians and their theories and application Communicative rhetoric the choice of words, the choice of sentences, paragraph and essay construction Aesthetic rhetoric: figures of speech (phonetic, syntactic, semantic, logic) Reference Books: 1. 黄 任，《英语修辞与写作》，上海外语教育出版社，1999. 2. 胡曙中，《现代英语修辞学》，上海外语教育出版社，2004年7月第1版 3. 张秀国，《英语修辞学》(English Rhetoric)，清华大学出版社、北京交通大学出版社，2005 4. 赵政清，《英语修辞学原理》，西南交通大学出版社，1996年5月。 5. Richards, Jennifer. Rhetoric: The new critical idiom. Routledge. 2008. 6.（美）宁（Ling, D.）等著；常昌富等译. 《当代西方修辞学：批评模式与方法》，中国社会科学出版社，1998. Warming-up Examples (1) A invites B out to dinner, but B can’t make it because he has another engagement. What would B say? Here are two versions: (a) “I’m sorry I can’t. I have no time. I’m engaged.” (b) “That’s very kind of you, but I’m afraid I can’t make it because I have another engagement. Thank you all the same.” (2) Suppose you need to write two letters of thanks, one of which is to an old friend, the other to a new business partner. You may compose the bodies of your letters as follows: (a) “I’m writing to thank you for your hospitality during my recent trip to Milan. I had a most enjoyable time and I think our meetings were very successful. I look forward to seeing you when you visit Shanghai in May.” (b) “This is just a short note to thank you for a very pleasant evening while I was in Florence. It is always good to see old friends again and it was interesting to hear your arrival. Hope we can meet for lunch.” 1. Concepts related to language Definition of language: Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. The double-headed arrows are the places where rhetoric takes place. Then how do we define rhetoric?