Abstract
The linguistic thought of the "Yale School" mainly includes three aspects: (1) the intuition about three dimensions of language (the signified dimension, the inter-dimension, and the self-reflective and referred dimension), (2) the revelation of the transformational-generative mechanism of literary speech, and (3) the new verdict on the primal paradox of the unspeakable. The contents of these three aspects form an organic whole, which cannot be discussed separately. In general, the transformational-generation of the three dimensions of language refers to a mysterious mechanism: from the establishment of the signifier-signified relationship to the loss of reference, from the establishment of the inter-subjective dimension to its dismantlement and reconstruction, and from the linguistic play of self-reflection to the return of the signifier-signified relationship. The transformational-generative theory of the "Yale School" not only reveals the inner mystery of (literary) speech, but also possesses the significance in the history of thought as follows: Firstly, it offers a more primary theoretical basis for the "transformation-generation" of modern rhetoric. Secondly, it provides a direct theoretic foundation for the generative mechanism of difference and dislocation in literary history or even history at large. Finally, it supplies a concealed scheme and approach to give verdict on the ancient metaphysical aporia of "the gap between the universal and perpetual world of truth and the ever-changing world of reality."
First Page
127
Last Page
135
Recommended Citation
Dai, Dengyun. 2020. "Transformational-generation: Dynamic Mechanism of Literary Speech (On the Language Poetics of the "Yale School," Part Ⅱ)." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (6): pp.127-135. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss6/21
