The Research About The Direct Speech

Based on the research conducted by former scholars, the authoress attempts to describe in detail the direct speech in Chinese classic novel on a basis of Prof. Xing Fuyi's"little triangle theory", and to summarize the historical development of direct speech mode and its corresponding reasons.The thesis consists of four parts. In the introduction part, the authoress defines the research phenomenon of this paper, illustrates the existing research results and its insufficiencies, and introduces the research logic. Chapter One is about the concepts and categorization of direct speech. Chapter Two is an elaboration on direct speech phenomenon in classic novels from the perspectives of guiding words, quoted verbs, quoted people's language, mode and structure. In Chapter Three, through the comparison of direct speech mode and structure in classic novels and modern novels, the authoress explains the reason why the direct speech mode is onefold in classic novels. In the last Chapter, the function of direct speech and the characteristics of its conveying information are discussed in a pragmatic view.The study on speech helped us understand a literary work more profoundly. In teaching practice, we should also pay more attention to this area and the different effects of different speech forms.