简介:ThefilmLeonhasbeenworshippedasoneofthemostclassicalandpopularfilms,theinfluenceofwhichhasexpandedgloballyandhasbeensustainedthroughgenerations.Itsgrippingplotarrangement,distinctcharactersettingaswellasthewell-organizeddictionareallhighlypraised.ScholarsathomeandabroadhaveexaminedLeonfromdifferentperspectivessuchasspectacleandsong.However,fewscholarsmaketheacademicanalysisfromtheperspectiveofrhetoric.Underthiscircumstance,thispaperaimsatmakingarhetoricalanalysisofLeoninvirtueoftherhetoricaltheoryofAristotle,whichdiscusseshowLeon’semotionchangesfromcoldnesstowarmth.Inthisway,theaudiencewillachieveabettercomprehensionofLeon.Meanwhile,thispapermayalsoprovidereferentialappreciationviewsforothersimilarfilms.
简介:Novelmetaphorisdifferentfromtheconventionalmetaphor.Thedistinctionbetweennovelmetaphorandconventionalmetaphorisnotclear-cutbutinadegreeofmetaphoricity.Inthesituation,whennovelmetaphorsarewidelyacceptedandgenerallyusedindailylife,theirmetaphoricalmeaningareneglectedbypeople,themetaphoricalcharactersdecreaseandtheybecomeconventionalmetaphors.ThetentativemodelBlendingRelevanceTheory(BRT)isanintegratedframeworkofthetwotheories:ConceptualBlendingTheory(CBT)andRelevanceTheory(RT),seekingtheoptimalrelevancefromthetwoinputspaces.