本书属于跨学科研究：1）以文学语篇的交流性特征为出发点，以文体学、语用学和语篇分析相结合的基础上提出了语用文体学的分析模式；2）以文学批评和文体学研究涉及得最少的文学体裁——戏剧——为研究对象，深入探讨了戏剧语言的特征和戏剧文本的多重属性，把长期以来被传统的文学批评、戏剧批评和文学文体学研究所忽视的戏剧语言——舞台指令——纳入语用文体学研究的范围；3）通过对西方荒诞剧代表作家厄内斯库的三部剧本进行宏观和微观分析，指出了作者在同一文本中对待不同功能性读者的不同修辞手法以及戏剧语篇中复杂的作者读者关系。本研究拓宽了语用学和文体学的研究范围和层面，同时也对西方戏剧批评和文学研究有一定项献。

This book has been developed from my Ph.D. dissertation ¡°Pragmastylistics and Theª²Theaterª²ofª²theª²Absurd Plays¡±(1998) completed at Peking University,under the supervision of Prof./Dr.Shen Dan. My special thanks go to all my supervisors at Peking University and Beijing Foreign Studies University.When I was studying linguistics,language and communication,and theoretical stylistics under the supervision of Professor Hu Zhuanglin in the M.A. program at Peking University,Professor Shen Dan started influencing me in stylistics and interface studies of language and literature.During my studies in the Ph.D. program in the same department,Professor Hu generously continued sharing with me many...