英语色彩词语与文学作品赏析

人类的语言，特别是文学语言，存在着丰富的、可以达到不同修辞目的的色彩语汇。基本色彩词语，由于演变过程中差异现象的存在，在不同语言文化系统中，其数量也不同。许多英美作家通过运用色彩词语，渲染气氛，点缀景物，使他们的作品具有很强的感染力。国外关于基本色彩词语的认知语言学研究、语言文化研究以及语言普遍规律的研究已引起学术界的普遍关注。该文结合实例，阐述了在阅读文学作品时如何赏析文学作品中色彩词语的修辞效果，探索作家们五彩缤纷的内心世界。

English Color Words and Literature Appreciation

The world is full of various kinds of colors. In human language, especially in literary language, there is an abundant vocabulary of words related to colors, which can help achieve different kinds of rhetorical purposes. Relevant studies show that, owing to the discrepancies produced over their evolutions, the number of basic color terms varies with the systems of language cultures. Many writers in English speaking countries have been trying to make their works have strong artistic appeal to the readers by using color words to create certain atmosphere in their works. The cognitive linguistic studies on basic color terms, the studies on language cultures and the studies on universal law of language have aroused general concern in academic circles. Based on specific examples from some literary works, this article elaborated how to appreciate the rhetorical effects of color words and get into the great writers' blazing inner-world.