- 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
-
This course aims 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
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- 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.
- 2
- 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
- 3
- 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
- 5
- Expressive Means. Stylistic Devices. Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices. Sachkova: E.V. 2012. Page 14
- 6
- Stylistics devices based on Poly-semantic effect. Sachkova E.V. 2012. Page 23. Students are introduced with the basic concepts of the lecture and then they work on exercies.
- 7
- Review, exercises
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- Style as choice; Style and transitivity; Transitivity, characterization, and literary genre; Transitivity at work
- 10
- Style and point of view; Approaches to point of view; Exploring point of view in narrative fiction; Point of view
- 11
- Representing speech and though; Techniques of speech and though presentation; A workshop on speech and though presentation; Speech and thought presentation. SIMPSON.P.2004
- 12
- Analysis of Functional Styles. Types and characteristics. Illustrated examples. Work on the exercises related to the topic. Pg.169, from ZHUKOVSKA. V.V. 2010
- 13
- 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
- identify the devices, approaches, strategies and techniques in stylistics analysis
- 2
- analyze and appreciate literal and non-literal content of selections
- 3
- compare and contrast the extended meanings of particular selections
- 4
- understand how the language of texts creates meaning, style, and effect
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 0 0% 0%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 30% 30%
- Term projects
- 1 20% 20%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 6 84
- Duties
- 2 0 0
- Midterms
- 0 0 0
- Final exam
- 1 3 3
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 135
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.40
- ECTS
- 5.00