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Irena Shehu, PhD

Code
ELL 222
Name
Stylistics
Semester
4
Lecture hours
3.00
Seminar hours
0.00
Laborator hours
0.00
Credits
3.00
ECTS
5.00
Description

This course aims to approach students` reading to styles of writing. Students get to know the style of language and how this results from the intra linguistic factors such as author, genre, historical period etc.

Objectives

Students will learn to: • Apply linguistic theories to the analysis of literary texts; • -Appreciate renown literary works; • Acquire knowledge about variations, patterns and • regularities of English language; • Construct a critical thinking towards matter; • Prepare for further study and research; • Improve English proficiency

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Tema
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1. Introduction to the course. Students are introduced with the definition of Stylistics, key concepts, objectives, form of assessment ect. A discussion about what they know about stylistics and expectations.
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Stylistic Classification of the English Vocabulary. A brief theory and activities related to the classification of the English Vocabulary: Colloquial, Bookish, Neutral . Sachkova: E.V. 2012. Chapter
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Stylistics and levels of language; Levels of language at work: an example from poetry; Style, register, and dialect; Style and verbal play (Katie Wales)
4
Grammar and style; Sentence styles: development and illustration; Grammar and genre: a short study in imagism; Teaching grammar and style (Wright.L, Hope.J , chapter 1
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Expressive Means. Stylistic Devices. Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices. Sachkova: E.V. 2012. Page 14
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STYLISTIC DEVICES BASED ON POLYSEMANTIC EFFECT. Sachkova E.V. 2012. Page 23
7
Review, exercises
8
Midterm Exam
9
Style as choice; Style and transitivity; Transitivity, characterization, and literary genre; Transitivity at work
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Style and point of view; Approaches to point of view; Exploring point of view in narrative fiction; Point of view
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Representing speech and though; Techniques of speech and though presentation; A workshop on speech and though presentation; Speech and thought presentation. SIMPSON.P.2004
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Analysis of Functional Styles. Types and characteristics. Illustrated examples. Work on the exercises related to the topic. Pg.169, from ZHUKOVSKA. V.V. 2010
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Dialogue and discourse; Dialogue in drama; Exploring dialogue; Literature as discourse (Mary Louise Pratt)
14
Metaphor and metonymy; Styles of metaphor; Exploring metaphors in different kinds of texts; Cognitive stylistics and the theory of metaphor (Peter Stockwell)
15
Review
16
Final Exam
1
Studentët do të jenë në gjendje të bëjnë analizën stilistike të një teksti autentik në gjuhën angleze.
2
Studentët do të jenë në gjendje të kuptojnë se cfarë e lidh analizën corpus bazë me përpjekjet më cilësore të së shkuarës dhe mënyrën sesi stilistika kognitive është e lidhur në përgjithësi me kritikën letrare
3
Studentët do të jenë në gjendje të identifikojnë principet thelbësore të stilistikës dhe të shpjegojë sesi këto janë reflektuar në kërkimin aktual.
Quantity Percentage Total percent
Midterms
1 20% 20%
Quizzes
0 0% 0%
Projects
0 0% 0%
Term projects
1 30% 30%
Laboratories
0 0% 0%
Class participation
1 20% 20%
Total term evaluation percent
70%
Final exam percent
30%
Total percent
100%
Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
Course duration (including exam weeks)
16 3 48
Off class study hours
14 5 70
Duties
1 5 5
Midterms
1 2 2
Final exam
1 2 2
Other
0 0 0
Total workLoad
127
Total workload / 25 (hours)
5.08
ECTS
5.00