实用文体学/牛津应用语言学丛书

《实用文体学》由H.G.Widdowson著。 This book takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching.It focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention.Ihis view ofpoetry leads to a recognition Ofits essential role in education，and provides a set of prmciples for an approach to teaching it which integrates the study of language and literature.

H.G.Widdowson isProfessorofEnglLsh for Speakers ofOtherLanguages atthe University of LondonInstitute ofEducation.

Acknowledgements Introduction PART ONE The significance of poetry 1 To begin with：common features and uncouth rhymes 2 Significance beyond plain speaking 3 Procedures for interpretation：reference and representation 4 Dissociation from context：the poem on the page 5 Verbal patterning and the grammar of representation 6 Time and place in a different dimension 7 Other patterns，alternative realities 8 Parallel lines and parallel texts 9 Intertextual associations 10 Aesthetic effects and relative values 11 So the meaning escapes 12 In summary PART TWO The teaching of poetry 1 The point of poetry 2 Educational relevance；recreation and language awareness 3 Pedagogic approaches；against exegesis 4 Composing poetic text：line assembly 5 Completing poetic text：verse blanks 6 Intertextual comparison and the use of variants 7 Comparing poems with prose description 8 Deriving poems from prose description 9 Deriving and comparing poetic variants 10 Progressive derivation：composing interim versions 11 Using prose paraphrases 12 Comparing derived and authorized versions 13 Comparing different modes of poetic writing 14 In conclusion Notes Appendix Bibliography Index Index of poets