摘要：哈珀·李以她的畅销小说《杀死一只知更鸟》而闻名，该书引起了广泛的讨论并且也为她赢得了普利策奖。马丁的评价理论是在系统功能语言学的话语理论基础上发展而来，重视词句与社会文化的情景意义。本文应用了评价理论的态度子系统来分析《杀死一只知更鸟》中关于种族歧视的评价资源的表现形式。通过研究探讨帮助读者把握和理解语言背后深层次的态度和意义，从而了解作者真实的态度、立场和情感意义。通过分析，发现这是透彻分析小说中人物的种族态度的有效途径。评价理论为文学名著的研究提供了一种全新的视角与方法。

关键词：《杀死一只知更鸟》；种族歧视；评价理论；态度

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

摘要

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1Harper Lee and her novel To Kill a Mockingbird-1

1.2Literature review-1

1.3Organization of the thesis-2

Chapter Two Theoretical Framework-4

2.1Affect-4

2.2Judgment-5

2.3Appreciation-5

Chapter Three Analysis of Racial Discrimination in To kill a

Mockingbird from the Perspective of Appraisal Theory-7

3.1The analysis of racial discrimination from the perspective

of affect-7

3.1.1Qualitative adjective-8

3.1.2Psychological processes-8

3.1.3Behavior-9

3.2The analysis of racial discrimination from the perspective

of judgment-10

3.3The analysis of racial discrimination from the perspective

of appreciation-11

Chapter Four Conclusion-13

REFERENCES-14

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS-15