文档介绍：On the Rhetorical Techniques in Walden Author: Liu Yang Supervisor: Zhang Yan A Thesis Submitted asa Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of . in English School of Foreign Studies Fuyang Teachers College, Anhui Province May, 2009 学位论文论《瓦尔登湖》中的修辞技巧刘杨(学号 200540201305 ) 指导教师姓名张艳职称副教授单位阜阳师范学院外国语学院专业名称英语教育申请学位级别学士学位授予单位阜阳师范学院 2009 年 5月 On the Rhetorical Techniques in Walden Abstract Henry David Thoreau, an important writer in American literature in the 19 th century, was also a representative of transcendentalism. He advocated that people should disentangle themselves from plicated life and return to nature. Thoreau put all his love of nature and his thinking of life into his great work Walden . Walde n, which was the classical sample of American prose, was called “ The Green Bible ”. Its unique language style attracts lots of readers. bined the homey folksy talk with erudite allusions, creating a tone that was both casual and majestic. In this book, several kinds of rhetorical techniques included the analogy, personification , irony, humor and symbolism make the work not only more outstand ing in its word style, but also more precious in the literary value. T his paper will centre on those techniques in this great prose with the method of example analysis, combining the creating background of Walden , and elaborate the unique meanings of those techniques. T hrou