ABSTRACT

As corrective to rhetorical theorists who disparage “expression,” the following article analyzes Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde, and Kenneth Burke on “expression” and its communicative counterpart “sympathy.” Pater viewed ideal style as a unity of expression and sympathy. Wilde saw Christ as the singular representative of absolute expression and sympathy. Burke resolved both expression and sympathy into the “compromise” of the symbol. I advocate for a return to expression and sympathy as rhetorical values in the twenty-first century.

中文翻译：

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沃尔特·帕特，奥斯卡·王尔德和肯尼斯·伯克的表达与同情

摘要

为了纠正鄙视“表情”的修辞理论家，以下文章分析了沃尔特·帕特，奥斯卡·王尔德和肯尼斯·伯克对“表情”及其交际方式“同情”的看法。帕特认为理想的风格是表达和同情的统一。王尔德将基督视为绝对表达和同情的唯一代表。伯克（Burke）将表达和同情归结为符号的“妥协”。我主张在二十一世纪恢复作为修辞价值的表达和同情。