The present study addresses Philip Larkin’s 1972 poem"The Building"in an attempt to investigate the unique way of discourse and the shifting perspectives in the speaker’s description of the building.At cur...The present study addresses Philip Larkin’s 1972 poem"The Building"in an attempt to investigate the unique way of discourse and the shifting perspectives in the speaker’s description of the building.At current stage,there are roughly two directions among critics concerning the discussion of this poem:one is the study of theme;the other is the study of the interaction between the speaker and the audience,but seldom has any been explored extensively enough.Therefore,this paper intends to research further into Larkin’s techniques in this poem and will also demonstrate how these techniques contribute to the expression of the theme.展开更多
Adopting a stylistic approach, this paper tries to figure out the theme of Larkin's "The building" by means of observing it on three different levels: aural, grammatical, and semantic, offering an exampl...Adopting a stylistic approach, this paper tries to figure out the theme of Larkin's "The building" by means of observing it on three different levels: aural, grammatical, and semantic, offering an example of applying stylistic methods to the study of poetry.展开更多
文摘The present study addresses Philip Larkin’s 1972 poem"The Building"in an attempt to investigate the unique way of discourse and the shifting perspectives in the speaker’s description of the building.At current stage,there are roughly two directions among critics concerning the discussion of this poem:one is the study of theme;the other is the study of the interaction between the speaker and the audience,but seldom has any been explored extensively enough.Therefore,this paper intends to research further into Larkin’s techniques in this poem and will also demonstrate how these techniques contribute to the expression of the theme.
文摘Adopting a stylistic approach, this paper tries to figure out the theme of Larkin's "The building" by means of observing it on three different levels: aural, grammatical, and semantic, offering an example of applying stylistic methods to the study of poetry.
