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《莳萝泡菜》的女性主义文体学［Abstract］KatherineMansfieldwasanoutstandingmodernBritishshortstorywriter.MostofMansfield’sworksareconcernedwithfemalesubjects，depictingthelivingconditionsofwomeninvarioussocialclasses.OneofherfamousshortstoriesADillPickletellsthestorythatayoungwomanandayoungmanwhohadbeenloversoncemetagainaftersixyearsofseparation.ThisthesistriestorevealthefeministthemeofADillPickleinthefollowinganalyticalperspectives：transitivityanalysisandfocalizationanalysis，whichanalyzesthethemerespectivelyatthesyntaxlevelandthediscourselevel.Fromtheseanalyseswehaveadeepinsightintotheworks’femalepointofviewandthefeministtheme.［Keywords］feministstylistics，transitivityanalysis，focalizationanalysisI.IntroductionADillPickleisaverysimplestory.Theplotisthatayoungwomanandayoungmanwhohadbeenloversoncemetagainaftersixyearsofseparation.Theysatandreminisced.Thethemeofthestoryisabouttherelationshipbetweenlovers：theheroine’ssensitivityandtheman’sinsensitivitytoothers—theirfeelings，attitudesandinnermotivations.TherehavebeenmanycritiquesonADillPickleconcerningheroutstandingwritingtechniquesandmodernistartisticdevices.Andinsomerecentreviews，ADillPickleisalsoapproachedintheperspectiveoffeministliterarycriticismorpsychoanalysis.However，thepresentstudybelievesthatthetraditionalfeministliterarycriticismmainlyconcernsthecontentanalysisoftexts，whichhascertaindegreeofsubjectivityandone-sidedness，whereasfeministstylistics，whichespeciallyemphasizesanalyzinglanguageoftextsinthecontextofproductiveandreceptiveprocess，seemstohavegreatervaluesinmakingobjectiveandpreciseanalysisofthelanguageoftexts.Ⅱ.FeministStylisticsFeministstylisticanalysisisananalysiswhichidentifiesitselfasfeministandwhichuseslinguisticorlanguageanalysistoexaminetexts.AccordingtoSaraMills，feministstylisticsfocusesonthesolutiontotwoquestions；thatis，whyauthorshavechosencertainwaystoexpresstheirideasongenderissues，andhowcertaineffectsrelatedtothetwosexesareachievedthroughlanguage.TheprocedureofMills’analysisisdividedintothreelayers；thatis，analysisattheleveloftheword；analysisatthelevelofthephrase/sentence；analysisatthelevelofdiscourse.Amongthoseapproaches，transitivityanalysisatthelevelofsentenceismostinfluential.Ⅲ.FeministStylisticAnalysisofADillPickle3.1AnalysisatthesyntaxlevelTorevealthefeministthemeofADillPickle，thesyntacticanalysisofADillPickleiscarriedoutbyemployingthetheoryoftransitivitychoices.Transitivityanalysis“distinguishesthetypesofprocessrepresentedbytheEnglishclause，andthevariousparticipantfunctionsthatareassociatedwitheach”.Generallytherearethreeprocesses：material，mental，andrelational.Withinmaterialactionprocess，therearetwofurtherchoicesbetweenmaterialactionintentionandmaterialactionsupervention.ThetransitivitychoicescanhelpusunderstandthereasonbetterwhyVeraleftagainnowaftersixyears，themanisfarbetterlookingandfinanciallysecure，attractive，quiteexperienced，mature，verysophisticatedandconfident.Examinationoftransitivityprocesseswiththemenorthewomanasactorsshowsthattherearemorecasesinwhichmenaretheactorsthanthoserelatedtothewoman（with49over30）.ThesimplecountingoftheactorsandtheiractionsshowsusthatthemandoesdomorethingsthanVera，andwecandrawtheconclusionthatthemanplaysamuchmoreactiveroleinhisrelationtoVera.Sowehavetopursuetheanalysisfurthertocapturetherealitytheauthorwantstoshowusfromhertransitivitychoices.InthetenprocesseswithVeraastheactor，fourofthemarematerialactionintention.Asfortheothersixprocesses，twoarematerialactionsuperventionandthreearementalprocess.Andthereisonerelationalprocess，whichshowsthatVeraiscontrolledbytheman.Whileintheseventeenprocesseswiththemanastheactor，elevenarematerialactionintention.Onlythreeprocessesarematerialactionsuperventionandtheotherthreearementalprocesses.Thisfacttellsusthatalthoughinthe10processesVeraistheactorandhascertainlyplayedthemajorpart，shedoesnotalwayscarryoutthoseactionsactivelyonpurpose.Fortheman，however，heisincontroloftheseprocessesdeliberatelyexceptafewactionsaredoneunintentionally.StillthisanalysisdoesnotdemonstratethekeyrolestheVeraandthemanplayedintheirlife.Nowletuscontinuetoinvestigatethesedata.InthefourcasesofmaterialactionintentionwithVeraastheactor，therearetwoprocesseswiththemanorhisbodypartaffected.AtoneprocessVeraaffectsherownbodypart；Atanotherprocesssheaffectssomething.Theman，ontheotherhand，affectsVeraorherbodypartsinelevenprocesses.Sincethefactthatintheirencounter，thereareprocessesinwhichVera（orherbodypart）affectstheman（orhisbodypart），wecangetthatthetimesthatVeratakesactiveactiontothemanaremuchfewerthanthosethemandoestoVera（with49over30）.Thenwecandrawtheconclusionthatintheirmutualrelationsthemanisatthepositionofcontrollinghisex-girlfriendwhileVeraisjustapassiverecipient.What’smore，theplotanddevelopmentofthestoryisreflectedthroughagreatnumberofconversations.Intheshortstory，theauthoruses52verbalprocessestoshowthedifferentcharacteristicsoftheheroandheroinesoastorevealthethemeofthenovel.Inthe52verbalprocesses，“he”has32processes，whichisapparentlyamuchlargerpart.Itshowsthatintheirconversation，“he”isincontroloftheprogressoftheco