| As a well-known contemporary Western rhetorician and literary critic, Wayne Booth is what we term an "amphibian scholar" whose scholarly interests cover both of the fields of rhetorical theory and literary theory. Booth has yielded fruitful achievements both in rhetorical theory and literary criticism, with the former exerting a strong impact upon the latter one. In Booth we could identify a close and hardly dissociated relationship between literary criticism and rhetoric and also a tendency for contemporary Western literary criticism to return to the ancient path of rhetoric. However, little attention has thus far been paid by domestic Chinese scholars specializing in Western literary theories to this unique perspective which is indispensable and of great importance for us to understand Booth in an overall way. In the long past, Booth has always been regarded as an accomplished literary critic in narrative theories, with his dual and inseparable identities and the importance of these two for a true understanding of his literary theories being unfortunately ignored. In order to introduce an all-around Booth as a scholar to Chinese scholarly community, and for a true and better understanding and mastery of his rhetorical and literary theories including his narrative and novel theories, and also for our awareness of the long-held and complex relationship between rhetorical thoughts and literary thoughts, this dissertation makes an attempt to reinterpret and re-observe Booth and his works and the intellectual climate in which he used to do literary critical practice from a Western rhetorical perspective.Xiuci, as a term understood in a Chinese context, is no equivalent for "rhetoric" as it has been understood and practiced in a Western context. Seen from both their denotations and connotations in a Chinese context and a Western one respectively, these two terms could hardly mean the same. Having a long history of theoretical studies in the West and being extremely profound and complex in its theories, rhetoric has long been accepted as the departure for literary theory and served as its theoretical framework. Western rhetoric attaches great importance to the discursive effect and assumes itself as the only channel for producing discourse. In this sense, rhetorical theories and discourse theories form a relationship of overlapping over each other. Thus, literary studies mainly concerned with the social effect of a literary work, must rely on a rhetorical perspective. In the contemporary West, Booth has set a successful example for us by applying his rhetorical theories into his literary critical practice and theoretical construction. From the so-called intrinsic criticism embodied in The Rhetoric of Fiction to the so-called extrinsic criticism embodied in The Company We Keep, rhetoric has always been Booth’s central concern. There being no doubt that both Booth’s rhetorical theories and his literary theories have their drawbacks and historical limitations, no reasons could possibly account for our neglect of the rhetorical tradition of Western literary criticism, with Booth as one of the most successful practitioners of this tradition.This tradition, with a long history, has been carried forward by some contemporary Western literary critics among who are Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Paul de Man and Terry Eagleton. As masters in literary theories, they are all literary-theorists-as-rhetoricians. They always keep a close eye on rhetoric while practicing literary criticism. It could be adequately assumed that a spectacular and grand "rhetorical turn" of literary criticism is currently underway in the West. Booth being a topic and writing platform for us, we hold that the stakes are high in attending to the rhetorical tradition of Western literary criticism and its latest theoretical development. |
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Abstract 2-3 Abstract 3-5 Chinese Abstracts 5-10 catalog 10-14 Introduction 14-34 first section topics reason 14-16 First, the topics of reason 14-15 two, topics significance 15-16 Section II literature review 16-31 one study abroad Overview 17-21 domestic cloth rhetorical theory and fiction in Sri Lanka Theory Research 21-29 Third, the proposed research questions 29-31 Section 3 research objectives, content and research methods 31-34 first chapter of rhetoric, language, discourse, academic and literary criticism 34-84 origin of the first section of Western rhetoric 34-36 the definition of the two Western rhetoric 36-38 Section III Western rhetoric conceptualization process Overview 38-39 the fourth quarter of rhetoric essential attribute of its scope 39-42 Section V, \different definition 47-50 section VII of Chinese and Western rhetoric concepts 50-53 section VIII of language, discourse, academic, literary criticism and rhetoric 53-82 First, the definition of language and language concept 53-59 the definition of two, discourse and its rhetorical nature of 59-65 , academic and rhetoric 65-69 , rhetoric and literary criticism 69-71 , rhetoric and interpretation 71-73 six Chinese Literary Criticism of the rhetorical perspective Overview 73-82 section IX of this chapter Summary 82-84 Wayne Booth, Chapter II - In the field of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism renowned achievements of the amphibious scholars 84-170 first section of Booth's life 84-87 Section II Booth academic identity 87-95 an English teacher and rhetorician 88-91 two, Booth and the \home 95-112 Booth inheritance and development of critical thinking of Aristotle, rhetoric 96-98 two re-interpretation of the performance of rhetoric 98-107 , rhetoric and reality 107-108 four, three real-world division 108-112 the fourth quarter Booth the rhetorical ideological foundation 112-157 , under the impact of modernism rhetoric 113-114 Second, the rhetoric of crisis 114-115 Third, Booth severely criticized the modernist dogma 115-125 Fourth, agree rhetoric - Booth rhetorical core of the idea 125-130 V. the self is the self-set the field \; 141-143 agreed to rhetoric, \br /> Section V anti-Yu rhetoric theory 157-164 Section VI Booth and literary criticism multiple perspectives 164-167 section VII, Summary 167-170 Chapter III of rhetoric and narrative - \-173 Section II, \; 175-177 Third, the critique of the modernist novel concept and a new criticism 177-178 Section III Rhetoric and Poetics.; 178-188 four novels rhetoric \ 190-224 The first section to reposition Ethical Criticism 190-202 Section II, \section of contemporary Western aesthetic and ethical criticism dispute 209-224 one caused the background of the debate 210-213 Second, the argument of both sides of the main ideas and debate strategies 213-224 Chapter Booth inspiration and rhetoric of Western literary criticism of the traditional 224-248 first section of Western literary criticism and rhetoric of traditional sources - Historical Review 224-226 Section II Kenneth Burke - Contemporary Western Rhetoric and Literary Criticism synthesizer 226-230 Burke Rhetoric and literary form 226-230 Section III of contemporary literary criticism tends to return to the rhetorical criticism 230-247 Rhetoric and Deconstruction 231-240 Terry Eagleton on the rhetoric and literary criticism 240-247 Section 4 Summary 247-248 conclusions 248-252 < br /> References 252-267 during the study for a degree of commitment to research tasks and the main results of 267-268 thank 268-270 personal CV 270 |