AJ32054 Selected Topics in English Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Even though the anglophone stylistics is rather associated with the analysis of literary texts, the course will introduce stylistics as a useful linguistic discipline the methods and perspectives of which are worth applying in analyses of non-literary texts. Following Halliday's concept of systemic functional language, we will focus on functional stylistics and its topics of cohesion and foregrounding. Since the aim of the course is to learn about how stylistics might be useful when analyzing PhD students' primary materilas as well as when writing their thesis, we will also talk about the style of academic texts and multimodality.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to apply a variety of stylistic approaches to any types of texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Functional stylistics, Halliday's systemic functional language + metafunctions
  • 2. Stylistics in Academic Texts - Hyland's Metadiscourse
  • 3. Multimodality and stylistics
  • 4. Stylistics in Ss' primary data
Literature
    required literature
  • The Routledge handbook of stylistics. Edited by Michael Burke. 1st pub. Abingdon: Routledge, 2014, xviii, 540. ISBN 9781315795331. info
    recommended literature
  • SIMPSON, P. Stylistics. A resource book for students. London: Routledge, 2004.
  • HALLIDAY, M.A.K., HASAN, R. Language, Context and Text. Oxford: OUP. 1989
  • LEECH, G. N., SHORT, M. H. Style in Fiction. London: Longman, 1981.
  • LOVE, A. G., PAYNE, M. Contemporary Essays on Style. Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Pragensia. Vol. XII/2, 2002. Routledge, 1991.
  • BHATIA, V. J. Worlds of Written Discourse. A Genre-Based View. London: Continuum, 2004.
  • URBANOVÁ, L., OAKLAND, A. Úvod do anglické stylistiky. Brno: Barrister and Principal, Brno: MU, 2003.
  • WALES, K. A Dictionary of Stylistics. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd., 2001.
  • URBANOVÁ, L. Stylistika anglického jazyka. Brno: Barrister and Principal, 2008.
  • CLARK, U. An Introduction to Stylistics. Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1996. Company, 1969.
Teaching methods
Preclass reading and text analysis, discussion.
Assessment methods
paper + presentation (40%) + final essay (60%)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
General note: Tento kurz je určen pouze studentům doktorského studia! This course is designated for PhD students ONLY!.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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