Significance of Studies of Stylistics and Rhetoric
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Thesis :
Stylistics can be defined as the study of style although this definition cannot tell us much about its field until we have had a good discussion of what style is. Rhetoric and stylistics are related and sometimes we can notice intersections between these two scientific studies. But actually, stylistics has a wider range than rhetoric. Rhetoric can be dated back to ancient times when it was then studied and examined as the knowledge and investigation of the expressive effectiveness of language. At the beginning of the twentieth century, stylistics appeared. What had been studied in rhetoric still remained in the range of stylistics, however, stylistics dealt with more. Why we Chinese students are learning English stylistics? What is the significance of studying such knowledge? This paper will explore these questions in detail and sum up the great help (within four aspects) of studying stylistics and rhetoric.
Great Help in Expression and Understanding of Languages
Stylistics analysis generally concerned with the uniqueness of a text; that is, what it is that is peculiar to the uses of languages in a literary text for delivering the message...