%0 Journal Article
%T From A Flower Girl to A Lady: The Change of Discourse and Power
%A Yan ZHANG
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2007
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%X The theory of discourse and power, which was put forward by the French philosophy Michel Foucault, is more and more frequently employed in literary criticism. As one kind of discourse, conversation plays an essential role in understanding drama, Pygmalion is no exception. Applying the method of stylistic analysis, this paper aims at analyzing the change of power relationships through examining the discourses in Act I and Act V of Pygmalion, and then presents how Eliza changes from a flower girl to a lady through discourse. Key words: discourse, power, relation, Pygmalion, change R¨¦sum¨¦: La th¨¦orie de discours et pouvoir, ¨¦labor¨¦e par le philosophe fran ais Michel Foucault, est de plus en plus employ¨¦e dans la critique litt¨¦raire. Comme une sorte de discours, la conversation joue un r le essentiel dans la compr¨¦hension du drame, Pygmalion ne fait pas exception. Appliquant la m¨¦thode d¡¯analyse stylistique, le pr¨¦sent article vise ¨¤ ¨¦tudier le changement de la relation de pouvoir ¨¤ travers l¡¯examination des discours dans l¡¯Acte I and l¡¯Acte V de Pygmalion, et montre comment Eliza, d¡¯une jeune fille, devient une dame ¨¤ travers le discours. Mots-Cl¨¦s: discours, pouvoir, relation, Pygmalion, changement
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